Committee on Ministry Documents

The Committee on Ministry – (COM) supports National Capital Presbytery’s (NCP) responsibilities for the care, oversight, and accountability for teaching elders and educators. These include examining, receiving, and dismissing minister members; offering encouragement and support to teaching elders and educators; seeking healthy relationships between teaching elders and congregations; and helping congregations secure appropriate pastoral leadership and educators in times of transition.

The work is carried out by five teams of teaching and ruling elders – Care, Congregational Transitions, Examinations, Ministry Relations, and Specialized – and with the oversight of the COM Coordinating Committee. COM’s authority is based in the Book of Order, G-3.0306 and G-3.0307 [Book of Order references here].

For information on the work of each team, its leadership, and the members of the Committee on Ministry, please click here.

Care for Pastors and Educators

• Guidelines for Sabbatical Leave
• Ministry Crisis Fund of National Capital Presbytery
• Request for Financial Support for Interim Ministry Training

Compensation

2019 Compensation and Personnel Polices for Pastors

• Policy
• Executive Summary
• Honorarium for Pulpit Supply, Temporary Supply, Moderating Session

2017 Compensation and Personnel Polices for Pastors

• Policy
• Executive Summary
• Equity Allowances
• Honoraria for Pulpit Supply, Temporary Supply, Moderating Session
• Salary Range Report
• Terms of Call Packet

Educators

2018 Compensation and Personnel Policies for Educators

• Policy

2017 Compensation and Personnel Policies for Educators

• Policy
• Executive Summary

Procedure documents for Educators:
Conducting a Dual Search
On Calling a Christian Educator in NCP
When an Educator is Departing

Interim Ministry

• Changes in Pastoral Roles within a Congregation – Discernment Questions (for changes in pastoral roles policy)
• Intentional Interim Ministry Manual
• Interim Pastors’ Report Form
• Recommended Interim Minister Contract
• Request for Financial Support for Interim Ministry Training
• Using the CAT Scan during Congregational Transition

Procedure documents for Interim Ministry:
Selecting an Interim Pastor-Associate Pastor

Membership in NCP

• Administrative Leave Policy
• Changes in Pastoral Roles within a Congregation – Discernment Questions (for changes in pastoral roles policy)
• Code of Ethics for Clergy and Other Church Professionals
• Commitment for Mutual Ministry with Entering at-Large and Honorably Retired Teaching Elders
• Examination Process
• Pastoral Relationships in NCP – Policy/ Chart
• Policy to Receive Ministers from Other Denominations
• Policy for Laboring Within and Without the Bounds
• Sexual Misconduct Policy

Procedure Documents for Membership in NCP:
Calling a Designated Pastor as Pastor

Ministry Relations and Evaluation

• Pastor Evaluation

Pastor Nominating Committees

• Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action In Calling Church Leadership [“EEO/AA Policy”]
• Supplement for Persons with Disabilities
• Changes in Pastoral Roles within a Congregation – Discernment Questions (for changes in pastoral roles policy)
• Church Leadership Connection (CLC) User Guides for Presbyteries
• PNC/ Session Handbook
• Ministry Information Form and Instructions
• Personal Information Forms and Instructions
• National Capital Presbytery’s Background Check Policy
• On Calling a Pastor (PCUSA)
• Terms of Call Packet
• Theology of Call Video Series (Complete – Questions 1-6)
• Theology of Call1: What does it mean to be called?
• Theology of Call2: What is unique about the Reformed perspective on call?
• Theology of Call3: How is God’s call presented to us?
• Theology of Call4: What is the call of the church?
• Theology of Call5: Where is God in the call to our working lives?
• Theology of Call6: Where is God’s call in the life of the church?

Procedure documents for Pastor Nominating Committees:
Calling a Pastor or Associate Pastor
Establishing a New Associate Pastor position
Securing Pastoral Leadership for Immigrant Worshipping Communities
Admitting Ministers from Other Denominations

Specialized

• Housing Allowance (Specialized) Eform
• Parish Associate Forms
• Policy on Specialized Ministers
• Policy on Parish Associate Relationships

Stated Supply

• Changes in Pastoral Roles within a Congregation – Discernment Questions (for changes in pastoral roles policy)
• Stated Supply Contract Form

Procedure documents for Stated Supply:
Selecting a Stated Supply Pastor

When Pastoral Relationships End

• Former Pastors Policy and Covenant of Closure
• Former Pastor Letter
• Congregants Letter
• Sample Departure sermon by Joseph R. Woody
• Policy for Dissolution of Installed Pastoral Relations[formerly “Separation Termination Policy”]

Procedure documents for When Pastoral Relationships End: When a Pastor Leaves