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PC(USA) ordination standards
Marcia Clark Myers, Director of Vocation and Andrew Black, Director of Constitutional Services, discuss PC(USA) ordination standards in this video.
Standards of ethical conduct for ministers and others
This document reviews standards of ethical conduct for those serving in General Assembly entities.
Just compensation
One of the questions asked of a congregation at the installation of a pastor is, “Do we promise to pay him (her) fairly and provide for his (her) welfare as he (she) works among us?” The expectation is that the congregation will answer with a whole-hearted, “Yes!” but there is often uncertainty, on both sides, about what is considered fair compensation. Get resources and tools for synods, presbyteries, congregations and church professions to analyze clergy terms of call and compensation offers for pay equity purposes.
A dream fulfilled
Sharon Selestewa
Like many a biblical dreamer before her, the Rev. Sharon Selestewa heard God call her name while she slept. And not just once, but three times.
A two-way street
In pursuing bi-vocational ministry, tentmaker Robert Hattle fulfills lifelong dream
Robert Hattle. Photo by Barbara Jessop.
TOPEKA, Kans. (May 8, 2009) – With more than 30 years of clinical and administrative experience in the field of nursing, the Rev. Robert Hattle was trained to promote health and preserve life, gifts he now gratefully shares both with his congregation and with the larger community here.
Hattle, a registered nurse and an ordained, tentmaking minister, serves the Oakland Presbyterian Church approximately 25 hours weekly while working up to 24 hours as needed each week as a clinical R.N. at Midland Hospice House. “I’m finally settling down and doing something I always dreamed of doing,” he said, reflecting on his long journey toward discerning his call to bivocational ministry.
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By Joseph D. Small
Within the ministry of the whole people of God, persons may be called to perform specific functions that are important to the life of particular communities of faith. However, some functions are considered to be necessary to the spiritual health and faithful life of every Christian community. The church gives order to these necessary functions by regularizing their shape, their duties, their qualifications, and their approval. These “ordered ministries,” and the persons who are called to them, are established in ordination — the whole church’s act of setting apart for particular service.
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