​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
  
• Validated Ministry Covenant 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:

• Manual for Calling a Pastor
  
• Ministry Information Form
  
• 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
  
• Church Leadership Connection (CLC) PowerPoint
  
• 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:

• 2020 Minimum Salary Standards
  
• 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 Lay 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