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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.

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 Application Form

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:

• Pastoral Call Form - (Be sure to select the download link on next page.)

• 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

• Resources for Writing the Ministry Information Form

• Pastor Nominating Committee Videos

  • 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

• Everything You Want to Know About Using CLC

• Form of Call for Pastor or Co-Pastor or Associate Pastor

• 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:

• 2024 Minimum Salary Standards

• Interim Search Process

• Pastoral Call Form

• 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 Lay Pastor

• Session Exit Interview

• Template for Covenant Agreement for Commissioned Pastor

• Template for Covenant Agreement for Designated Supply Pastor

• Template for Covenant Agreement for Interim Associate Pastor

• Template for Covenant Agreement for Interim Pastor

• Template for Covenant Agreement for Parish Associate

• Template for Covenant Agreement for Stated Supply Pastor

• Template for Covenant Agreement for Temporary Supply Pastor