​Commission on Ministry

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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
• 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:

• 2023 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