Materials Available on Web Will Help Boards of Ordained Ministry, District Committees

8/19/2010

By Vicki Brown*

A variety of resources for those who work with candidates for ordained ministry are now available on the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry's website.
 
"We wanted to make training materials and other resources easily accessible in a variety of formats," said the Rev. Sharon Rubey, GBHEM's director of Candidacy and Conference Relations. "Also, using the website rather than printing the materials means we can quickly post new materials as developed, and more easily update materials with any changes." Any changes in the process approved by General Conference delegates result in Book of Discipline changes that must be reflected in candidacy materials.
 
The resources – which include PowerPoint presentations, training outlines and models with related materials for those events, and frequently asked questions about the various aspects of candidacy –all are available from the Boards of Ordained Ministry page, www.gbhem.org/bom.
 
"Most of these resources have been used during both national and regional training events for Boards of Ordained Ministry, candidacy mentors, candidacy registrars, and district Committees, and we are frequently asked for copies," Rubey said.
 
"This puts all these materials just a click away for those who work with candidates for ordained ministry," she said.
 
Among the most-requested materials are a PowerPoint presentation that gives detailed instructions for the online candidacy enrollment system, a PowerPoint that highlights how a candidate relates to various Annual Conference officials and committees as he or she works toward provisional status, and frequently asked questions about the process.
 
*Brown is associate editor and writer, Office of Interpretation, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.

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