Description on how to perform the service for commissioning a lay pastor.
Part II of the study on Commissioned Ruling Elders, commissioned by the Office of Ordered Ministries and Certification in partnership with COTE, involves a close look at the variety of Commissioned Ruling Elders education programs offered by presbyteries, seminaries, colleges and others. The second part of the study was produced by the Center for the Study of Theological Education at Auburn Seminary.
A sample covenant with a commissioned lay pastor.
Guidelines for Mentors of Commissioned Lay Pastors, adapted from the Presbytery of West Virginia.
Part I of the study of Commissioned Lay Pastors is a survey of presbyteries about CLPs. It was completed by PC(USA) Research Services.
Part I of the study of Commissioned Lay Pastors is a survey of presbyteries about CLPs. It was completed by PC(USA) Research Services.
Celebrate accomplishments in leader development through Opening Doors to Discipleship by awarding certificates of participation in or completion of each course.
Print these certificates in color or black and white. Use these samples to fill out and award forms to members in your congregation.
This document sets out in detail the history of the modern quest for economic security, and its many ramifications in the complex society we now inhabit.
This report and its recommendations are in response to the referral of the 216th General Assembly (2004) to the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy to investigate the question of usury in the United States and to prepare a resolution for the 217th General Assembly (2006).
by Mike Graves
The church has always gravitated toward beauty and justice, and for good reason—they describe the very nature of God. As surely as the New Testament declares “God is love,” it could just as easily have included, “God is beauty” and “God is just.” Travel all over the globe and you will discover beauty is one of the hallmarks of the church. Tourists in Paris take as many photos of Notre Dame as they do of the Eiffel Tower. Stained glass, candles, pipe organs, on and on the list goes. Even the simplest of churches usually will …