Resources for Pastors and Committees
Calling a Pastor
Calling a Pastor
Administrative Commission for Ordination and/or Installation Request
Contact and Clearance – Definitions and Process for PNC’s
CLC MDP Narrative Questions
(New Church Leadership Connections Resources)
CLC Personal Discernment Profile
(New Church Leadership Connections Resources)
Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC)
Calling a Designated Pastor or Designated Associate Pastor
CLC Ministry Discernment Profile (MDP)
(New Church Leadership Connections Resources)
CLC Clerk of Session PNC User Guide
(New Church Leadership Connections Resources)
Transition Team Guidelines
Commissioning Service for the PNC
CLC MDP: How to Read & Write the Narrative Questions
(New Church Leadership Connections Resources)
CLC Personal Discernment Profile Instructions
(New Church Leadership Connections Resources)
Temporary Pastoral Relations Section
Temporary Pastoral Relations
2023 Temporary Pastor Contract
Rationale for use of an Interim Pastor
What a Congregation Can Expect from an Interim Pastor
Five Tasks of an Interim Pasor
Pastoral Relationships for Congregations in Transition
Compensation and Contracts
Compensation and Contracts
Contract for Commissioned Ruling Elder
Temporary Pastor Contract (Interim, Stated Supply, Parish Associate)
Minimum Terms of Compensation
Dissolution of Pastoral Relationships
Dissolution of Pastoral Relationships Agreement of Dissolution with Continued Benefits
Dissolution of Conflicted Ministry
Separation Ethics for Ministers and Church Members
Agreement of Dissolution with Continued Benefits
(Korean Version)
Involuntary Dissolution of Call Minimum Terms
Transition Checklist when a Pastor Leaves
Agreement of Dissolution with No Continued Benefits
Retirement Guidelines, Announcing
Closing a Church
Closing a Church
Process for Dissolution of a Congregation
When to Initiate Conversation about Dissolution of a Congregation
Teaching Elder Resources
Teaching Elder Resources
Acknowledgement of Receipt of Behavioral Ethics and Sexual Misconduct Policy
Behavioral Ethics and Sexual Misconduct Policy
Guidelines for Particular Benefits
Policy on Laboring in out of Bounds
Sabbatical Leave Policy for Ministers
Guidelines for Evaluations
Professional Development Policy
(Unused Funds)
Temporary Pastor in Discernment Procedure
Annual Review Report
(When No Change in Compensation)
Guidelines for Laboring in and out of the Presbytery
Maternity/Paternity Leave Guidance
Minister from Other Denominations
Professional Development Policy
Validation of Ministry Beyond the Congregation
Guidelines for Immigrant Pastors
Guidelines for Immigrant Pastors
Religious Workers Fact Sheet
Religious Workers Progress Chart
