Local Pastor Continuance (continued) Year 4 and beyond In 4 and 5, talk with the local pastor about how they apply their education to their ministry setting. For those who have completed COS or M.Div., track continuing education requirements and review progress. Other Suggested Questions on the candidate’s areas of strength and areas for growth rather than spending a lot of time on what is going on or not going on in their church. Be careful to not spend the time evaluating the church/charge but keep the focus on the local pastor and his/her role. What/where are your support systems? Did you establish any goals or objectives for personal or professional growth last year (in consultation with your mentor)? What were they? What did you do toward accomplishing these goals and how well did it work? What were your points of growth over the past year? How do you equip laity in your church? Share some specific examples. What are your plans for the future? Continuing education plans? Plans for ordination? What was your Course of Study focus last year? Did you find it helpful/useful? What changes or improvements to your practice of ministry can you identify as a result of the Course of Study? In what ways have you grown the most in the past year, both personally and as a pastor? What do you feel were the causes of this growth? What was the most difficult challenge you faced as pastor this past year and how did you meet it? What did you learn from it? How do you feel you have grown as a result of it? Talk about your pastoral appointment? Has it been what you expected when you felt called to become a local pastor? In what ways have you been surprised? In what ways have you been affirmed that you are properly responding to God’s call in your life. What is the single most important thing you need at this point in time to become a better pastor? What was the greatest joy you experienced in the past year? Why do you feel this was so? How do you integrate your personal and professional responsibilities? Do you experience tensions between family and church expectations of you? Action Required: ¾ majority vote of the committee. Send a letter stating the result of the vote to the local pastor each year. The DCOM registrar sends an action report (page 36) to the UNY BOM Registrar to specify full time or part time service, as determined by the district superintendent or cabinet.
Local Pastor Continuance (continued) Year 4 and beyond In 4 and 5, talk with the local pastor about how they apply their education to their ministry setting. For those who have completed COS or M.Div., track continuing education requirements and review progress. Other Suggested Questions on the candidate’s areas of strength and areas for growth rather than spending a lot of time on what is going on or not going on in their church. Be careful to not spend the time evaluating the church/charge but keep the focus on the local pastor and his/her role. What/where are your support systems? Did you establish any goals or objectives for personal or professional growth last year (in consultation with your mentor)? What were they? What did you do toward accomplishing these goals and how well did it work? What were your points of growth over the past year? How do you equip laity in your church? Share some specific examples. What are your plans for the future? Continuing education plans? Plans for ordination? What was your Course of Study focus last year? Did you find it helpful/useful? What changes or improvements to your practice of ministry can you identify as a result of the Course of Study? In what ways have you grown the most in the past year, both personally and as a pastor? What do you feel were the causes of this growth? What was the most difficult challenge you faced as pastor this past year and how did you meet it? What did you learn from it? How do you feel you have grown as a result of it? Talk about your pastoral appointment? Has it been what you expected when you felt called to become a local pastor? In what ways have you been surprised? In what ways have you been affirmed that you are properly responding to God’s call in your life. What is the single most important thing you need at this point in time to become a better pastor? What was the greatest joy you experienced in the past year? Why do you feel this was so? How do you integrate your personal and professional responsibilities? Do you experience tensions between family and church expectations of you? Action Required: ¾ majority vote of the committee. Send a letter stating the result of the vote to the local pastor each year. The DCOM registrar sends an action report (page 36) to the UNY BOM Registrar to specify full time or part time service, as determined by the district superintendent or cabinet.