Critical thinking questions regarding potential candidates for professional ministry.
Information the Committee on Preparation for Ministry is expected to have at final assessment, serves as a final consultation to make sure the candidate has fulfilled all of the requirements before receiving a call.
Discusses different areas of development in the areas of education, spiritual development, interpersonal relationships, personal growth and professional development at different stages in the preparation for ministry process from admission to inquiry to the final interview before ordination. From the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.
The assessment should address questions that are important to the CPM and to the individual. It is appropriate for a CPM to discuss with the person providing the assessment the committee’s expectations, the psychological inventories to be used and the nature and use of the report.
Each podcast (MP3 file) includes four lectionary readings for one of the Sundays or festivals of the church year: an Old Testament reading, a Psalm, an Epistle and a Gospel reading. Following each set of readings is a prayer for the day from the Book of Common Worship. May these scriptures be a source of challenge and hope as you prepare your heart and mind for Sunday worship, and may the Word of God guide and nourish you in the service of daily living.
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Well Chosen Words, a guide to understanding and using inclusive language, developed by the Racial Ethnic and Women’s Ministries/PW ministry area in consultation with the Advocacy Committee on Women’s Concerns, cites Galatians 3:27-28 in which Paul asserts, “As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourself with Christ ... for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” Inclusive language allows all God’s children to be one in Christ Jesus.
The guide encourages language choices that proclaim the fullness of God, outlining traditional depictions as well as newer images to describe God, Jesus and the Holy …
Use this sheet to help assess intangible qualities needed for ministry.
Critical questions for discussion used to clarify one’s sense of call in the ministry of the Word and Sacrament
A study to help inquirers and candidates recognize one’s personal image of a minister; includes discussion of the reality of clergy stereotypes, the effect of their relationships and the impact of stereotypes on one’s ministry.
Resource publication produced by Dr. Jack L. Stotts, former president of Austin Theological Seminary, which shares insights on issues related to call, vocation and preparation for ministry.