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Here you will find links to documents that Churches and Sessions will find helpful.  In addition, you will find training videos for Pastor Nominating Committees below.

 

2026 Compensation Packages for Called and Installed Pastors

• Congregational Pastors Package (Installed now and not in the old plan as of 12/31/2024? → CPP. Pensions+1

• Transitional Pastors Package (You were in Pastor’s Participation on 12/31/2024? → You may be in TPP for 2025–2027, then shift to CPP by 1/1/2028 (or earlier if your congregation opts in). Pensions+2

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COM Manual:

• COM Manual 2018
  
   

COM Forms:

• Guidelines for Forming Ordination/Installation Commission Reporting Form

• Minutes of Ordination/Installation Commission Form

• Commissioned Pastor Endorsement Form

• Validated Ministry 

For Teaching Elders:

• Annual Report of Ministers and Others in Trinity Presbytery

• Standards of Ethical Conduct

• Personal Information Form 

• Protection Policy Manual

• Executive Check Form

• Exit Interview with Teaching Elder or Commissioned Ruling Elder

• Sacred Conversations

For Pastor Nominating Committees:​

• Church Leadership Connection (CLC) Tutorial

• Manual for Calling a Pastor

• Ministry Discernment Profile

• Examination and Reception into Trinity Presbytery

• Checklist for Trinity Presbytery PNCs for calling a Pastor (an excerpt - 5 pages - from the "Examination and Reception into Trinity Presbytery" document)

• Reference Check Form for PNCs

• Background Check Consent Form (Hard Copy)

• Background Check Consent Form (Online Version) — you will be taken to the PDFFiller.com website to complete and submit the form

• Pastor Nominating Committee Videos (Handbooks for the videos below)

  • 1.  Introduction Video: On Calling A Pastor​

  • 2.  Presbyterian Polity and Call

  • 3.  The Call Process

  • 4.  Mission Studies

  • 5.  Call and Fit

  • 6.  Calling a First Call Pastor

  • 7.  Appropriate Questions for Interviews

  • 8.  Reference Checks

• A Complete Guide to Creating a Ministry Discernment Profile

• Mission Study Resources

  • Church Trends in Your Congregation

  • Conducting a Mission Study

  • Congregational Survey and Mission Study

  • Free Online Demographic Reports

  • How to Do a Congregational Mission Study

  • Mission Study Ideas

  • Research Strategies for Congregations: Tools for Understanding the People in Your Church and Community

For Sessions:

• 2025 Minimum Salary Standards

• Interim Search Process

• Policy for Pastoral Relations (When Pastors Leave or Retire)

• Protection Policy Manual

• Pulpit Supply List and Honoraria Guidelines for Pulpit Supply Ministers

• Sacred Conversations

• Session's Annual Evaluation of Commissioned Pastor

• Session Exit Interview

• Trinity Presbytery Sabbatical Leave Policy

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CALLED AND INSTALLED PASTORS, CO-PASTORS, AND ASSOCIATE PASTORS

• Congregational Pastors Package (Installed now and not in the old plan as of 12/31/2024? → CPP. Pensions+1

• Transitional Pastors Package (You were in Pastor’s Participation on 12/31/2024? → You may be in TPP for 2025–2027, then shift to CPP by 1/1/2028 (or earlier if your congregation opts in). Pensions+2

 

COVENANT AGREEMENTS FOR TEACHING ELDERS

• Covenant Agreement for Bi-vocational Pastor

• Covenant Agreement for Designated Supply Pastor

• ​Covenant Agreement for Interim Associate Pastor

• ​Covenant Agreement for Interim Pastor

• ​Covenant Agreement for Parish Associate

• Covenant Agreement for Stated Supply Pastor

• Covenant Agreement for Temporary Supply Pastor

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COVENANT AGREEMENTS FOR RULING ELDERS

• Covenant Agreement for Commissioned Bi-vocational Pastor

• ​Covenant Agreement for Commissioned Designated Supply Pastor

• Covenant Agreement for Commissioned Interim Associate Pastor

• Covenant Agreement for Commissioned Interim Pastor

• Covenant Agreement for Commissioned Parish Associate

• Covenant Agreement for Commissioned Pastor

• ​Covenant Agreement for Commissioned Stated Supply Pastor

• Covenant Agreement for Commissioned Temporary Supply Pastor

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