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Proposed Amendments
G-14.0309 d.
In no case shall an inquirer or
Negotiation candidate be excused from these
for Service annual
consultations. Prior to the
completion of two full years of
theological
education or its
equivalent, proir to that year's
annual consultation, and prior
to the successful completion of
all ordination exams or the
Presbytery's
certification of
readiness, in accordance with
the guidelines of their Primary
Synod (Auburn or Westminster),
no inquirer or candidate shall enter
into negotiation with a church for his
or
her ministerial services except by
a three-fourths vote of the members
of
the Presbytery present, in
accordance with the guidelines of their
Primary
Synod (Westminster or
Auburn), with the reasons thereof
recorded in the minutes of the
Presbytery.
G-14.0310 a. In the final year of theological
Final education
or when a candidate has
Assessment satisfied the requirements of their
Primary Synod (Auburn or Westminster)
and before a candidate may receive
a call, the Committee on Preparation
for Ministry of the candidate's
Presbytery,
aligned with the
candidate's Primary Synod
(Westminster or Auburn), shall
conduct a final assessment of the
candidate's readiness to begin
ministry. This consultation shall
focus
on the outcomes of inquiry
and
candidacy, and shall include
each of the requirements of
certification set forth by their
Primary Synod (Auburn or
Westminster). A summary of
this
assessment shall be reported
to the respective Presbytery and shall
be transmitted to a calling Presbytery
when requested. When, in the
opinion
of the Committee on
Preparation for Ministry, a candidate
is ready for examination for
ordination,
pending a call, it shall
recommend to the respective Presbytery
that the Presbytery so certify the
candidate.
It may be given
authority
to certify candidates on
behalf of the Presbytery, in accordance
with the guidelines of the Primary
Synod that the Presbytery is aligned
with (Westminster or Auburn), with
the provision that all such actions
shall be reported to the next stated
meeting of the respective Presbytery.
Requirements b. The candidate's respective Presbytery,
to be Certified in accordance with the guidelines of
ready for the
Primary Synod that the Presbytery
Examination is aligned with (Auburn or Westminster)
shall require a candidate to fulfill the
following requirements to be certified
as to be ready for examination for
ordination,
pending a call:
(1)
demonstration of readiness to begin
ministry of the Word and Sacrament
(2)
presentation of a transcript showing
satisfactory grades at a regionally
accredited college or university,
together with a deploma.
Educational (3) presentation of a transcript
Requirements
from a theological institution
accredited by the Association of
Theological Schools acceptable
to
the Primary Synod (Westminster
or
Auburn) that the Presbytery
and candidate are aligned with.
The transcript must show satisfactory
grades,
and presentation, of a plan
to complete the theological degree
including Hebrew and Greek and
exegesis of the Old and New
Testaments using Hebrew and
Greek
texts;
Examination (4) presentation of satisfactory
Requirements grades
together with the examination
papers in the five areas covered by
the Presbyteries' Cooperative Committee
on Examinations for candidates. Such
exams shall be drafted by their Primary
Synod (Auburn or Westminster)
Bible Content c. Inquirers or candidates are encouraged
Examination to take the Bible Content Examination in
their
first year of seminary. The other four
examinations may be taken by inquirers
or
candidates after the completion of two
full years of theological education. These
four
examinations shall only be taken upon
approval
by the Committee on Preparation
for Ministry of the inquirer's or candidate's
respective
Presbytery in accordance with
the
guidelines of their Primary Synod
(Auburn or Westminster).
Areas of d. Each of the two
Primary Synods,
Examination (Westminster and Auburn) shall
examine
their candidates and
inquirers in the following five
areas, in accordance with
guidelines
established by
each Primary Synod
(Auburn or Westminster)
using
exams drafted by each
Primary
Synod (Westminster
or Auburn), specifically for
the inquirers and candidates
that are aligned with and
members
of that Primary
Synod (Auburn or Westminster).
The
areas of these examinations
are:
(1) Open Book Bible Exegesis:
This examination shall assess
the
candidate's ability to find
and state the meaning of
an
assigned passage of
Scripture, demonstrating
working knowledge of the
original language of the
text and ability to understand
its historical situation.
The candidate shall have access
to
any or all of the following:
Hebrew and Greek texts,
translations, commentaries,
and other exegetical tools,
including those which
presuppose knowledge
of the biblical languages.
Using
these, he or she
shall be asked to state
the meaning of the
passage, show how he
or
she arrived at this
interpretation, and suggest
how this passage might be
used in the contemporary
life of the church.
(2) Bible Content. This
examination shall assess the
candidate's knowledge of the
form and content of the Bible.
(3) Theological Competence.
This examination shall assess
the
candidate's capacity to make
effective use of the classical
theological disciplines and of the
confessional documents of the
church
in relating the gospel to
the
faith of the church in the
contemporary world.
(4) Worship and Sacraments.
This examination shall assess
the candidate's understanding
of the meaning and purpose
of corporate worship and the
Sacraments, familiarity with the
Directory for Worship and The
Book of Confessions and their
application to the life of
worshipping communities.
(5) Church Polity. This examination
shall assess the candidate's working
knowledge of the constitutional
structure of the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) and the method by
which differences are properly
resolved and programs to
fulfill the mission of the church
are determined.
How Graded e. The examinations required
by each Primary Synod (Auburn
and Westminster) and administered
to
the inquirers and candidates
aligned with and members of
that particular Primary Synod
(Westminster or Auburn), in
the five areas, shall be graded
by representatives of the
respective Presbyteries, grading the
exams of the inquirers and
candidates aligned with that particular
Primary Synod (Auburn or
Westminster), under the supervision
of each Primary Synod's, (Westminster
or Auburn) Cooperative Committee
on Examinations for Candidates.
G-14.0311 An Inquirer or Candidate who
Transfer
of wishes to change Primary
Covenant Synods, to
a Primary Synod,
Relationship (Auburn or Westminster)
with
which their church, where
they
have their membership,
in not aligned with, may only
do so with the consent and
approval of their church's
session. Upon approval,
the jurisdiction over that
inquirer or candidate shall
pass to the Presbytery of
the other Primary Synod
(Westminster or Auburn) in
the same Presbytery Region.
If an inquirer or candidate
wishes to transfer their
covenant
relationship to
another
Presbytery within
the same Primary Synod
(Auburn or Westminster)
they can do so only with
the approval of the receiving
Presbytery
and the approval
of the inquirer or candidate.
An inquirer or candidate shall
not transfer his or her
membership to a particular
church under the jurisdiction
of another Presbytery, in the
the same Primary Synod
(Westminster or Auburn)
without the approval of the
Presbytery responsible for the
person's preparation for
ministry. Whenever a Presbytery
approves such a transfer, it shall
send to the other Presbytery a
certificate
of its approval, its
records concerning the individual,
and the reasons for the request
for transfer. Failure of an inquirer
or candidate to follow this
procedure
shall result in the forfeiture
of standing as an inquirer or
candidate, in accordance with
the guidelines of each Primary
Synod
(Westminster or Auburn).
G-14.0312 (Unchanged)
Removal from
Covenant
Relationship.
G-14.0313 (Unchanged)
Extraordinary
Circumstances
Educational (Unchanged)
Requirements
Examination
(Unchanged)
Requirements
Time
(Unchanged)
Requirements
Confirmation (Unchanged)
of Action
G-14.0314 (Unchanged)
Location of
Ordination
Other Reformed (Unchanged)
Bodies
G-14.0401 (Unchanged)
Ordination of
Candidates
G-14.0402 (Unchanged)
Examination
for Ordination
Vote to
(Unchanged)
Proceed
G-14.0403 (Unchanged)
Extraordinary
Circumstances
G-14.0404
(Unchanged)
Place of
Ordination
Place of (Unchanged)
Installation
G-14.0405 (Unchanged)
Ordination
Service
Constitutional (Unchanged)
Questions
Prayer and
(Unchanged)
Laying on
of Hands
Welcome
(Unchanged)
G-14.0406 (Unchanged)
Ordination
Recorded
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