Leadership & Learning

Board of Ordained Ministry

Overview
The Board of Ordained Ministry is responsible for supporting persons who respond to God's call to professional ministry as an elder, deacon, licensed local pastor, or other certified and licensed ministry options.
            

Together with the appropriate District Committee on Ordained Ministry (DCOM), the Board reviews the educational and personal qualifications of candidates, including personal interviews, through each step of the candidacy process, from certified candidacy to ordination or licensing.  The Board then makes a recommendation to the Clergy Session at Annual Conference. It also reviews and makes recommendations on all changes in Conference Relationship, whether voluntary or involuntary.
 
This new web page is designed to give candidates and those exploring ministry options a place for information and resources about the process of ordination and licensing.
 

Board of Ordained Ministry Handbook  - from the General Board of Higher Education & Ministry

New England Board of Ordained Ministry Contacts
Chairs:           Rev. Ernest Belisle                    Rev. Lynn McCracken
                        80 Beacon Street                        200 Turner Road
                        Framingham, MA 01701            Middletown, RI, 02842
                        (508) 875-3850                          (401) 847-6181
                        neum_boom@yahoo.com        lynnmac1@verizon.net  
                          
Registrar:     Susan Evans, Board of Ordained Ministry
                        PO Box 709
                        Londonderry, NH 03053-0709
                        (603) 424-9908
                        Ssevns@aol.com 
 
 
More Information
Click the main headings below to view these sections:
 
includes information/links for:
-Conference Relations (including deadlines for requesting retirement, leaves, etc.)
-Local Pastors  (Course of Study and Licensing School)
-Deacons/Diaconal Ministry/Professional Certification 
-Continuing Formation and Spiritual Growth (scholarships and MEF grants)
-Pastoral Nurture (maternity/paternity leave, release time)
 
includes information/links for:
-Explore Your Call
-Professional Certification  
-Local Pastors
-Ordained Ministry (Deacons and Elders)
 
includes information/links for:
-Steps to Ordained Ministry
-Navigating the Online Candidacy Process
-Candidacy Certification Process
-Psychological Assessment Process 
-Online Candidacy Application 
-Related forms and guidelines
-Application packets
               
includes information/links for:
-Education Options: Provisional/Full Membership
-Board policies
-Conference Relations Forms
-Continuing Formation and Spiritual Growth