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The Rev. Timothy Cargal, Ph.D., serves as Assistant Stated Clerk for Preparation for Ministry in Mid Council Ministries of the Office of the General Assembly.
“... the Land that I Will Show You” is the blog of the Office of Preparation for Ministry of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). This blog is designed to serve as a resource for those discerning and preparing for a call to the ministry of Word and Sacrament as ordained teaching elders of the church. It will also provide a place for reflecting on and dialoging about the changing context of pastoral ministry in the early 21st century.
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Registration Opens for First Quarterly Exams
The Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates (PCC) has given final approval to the revision of policies and procedures needed to make quarterly administration of the senior ordination exams (Bible Exegesis, Church Polity, Theology, and Worship and Sacraments) a reality. With these approvals, registration is now open for the exams that will be given on July 25 and 26 (and the Bible Content Exam [BCE], which will be given on August 29, keeping with the “Friday before Labor Day” schedule begun in 2010).
There are a number of changes that are coming to both the registration process and the …
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