COMMISSION ON TRANSITIONAL MINISTRIES

Terms of Call and Compensation

• Understanding Effective Salary
• FAQ for Treasurers and Bookkeepers
• Reporting Terms of Call to Presbytery & Pension Board
• 2020 Minimum Terms of Call 
• Pastoral Personnel Policies - Approved 11.27.18
• Terms of Call Form WORD or PDF - Pastor/Co-Pastor - 2020
• Terms of Call Form WORD or PDF - Associate Pastor - 2020
• Contract Form WORD or PDF - Commissioned Pastor - 2020
• Contract Form WORD or PDF- Bridge Pastor - 2020
• Contract  Form WORD or PDF - Transitional Pastor - 2020
• Contract Form WORD or PDF - Stated Supply - 2020

Ethical Boundaries

• Ethics Regarding Former Pastors
• Life Together in the Community of Faith
• Ethical Boundaries Policy
• Laboring Inside/Outside Bounds of Presbytery
• Ethical Writing and Preaching
  
  

Specialized Ministry

• ​Application for Validation of Ministry

Installations and Ordinations

• ​Checklist for Planning Ordination and Installation Service - Word
• Checklist for Planning Ordination and Installation Service - PDF
• Guidelines for Creating a Commission
• A Service of Ordination or Installation - Word 
• A Service of Ordination or Installation - PDF
• Form for Installing or Ordaining Commission Report
• New Minister Vow Affirmation Form

Transition Resources​

• Guide for Dissolution & Transition of a Pastoral Call​
• Dissolution Policy
• Covenant of Closure
• Moderator of Session in the absence of a Pastor
• Mission and Ministry Study​
• Ernest Glenn Plan
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Ministers from Other Denominations
• Evaluation for Temporary Relationships
• Pastor Emeritus Policy​

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Stated Clerk Advisory Opinions​

• Electronic Voting
• Electronic Meetings
• ​Why Churches Should Incorporate Continued​​​
• Ministers from Other Denominations Executive Summary and "Cheat Sheet"