Church Vitality & Planning
We provide connection, direction, and training through a variety of opportunities to support your congregation in its vital impact with one another and the communities around our congregations.
Committee on Ministry
The Committee on Ministry (COM) supports National Capital Presbytery’s (NCP) responsibilities for the care, oversight, and accountability for teaching elders and educators.
Clerk’s Corner
The Stated Clerk is the presbytery's ecclesiastical administrator, receiving information from and communicating it to Sessions, Synod, and the General Assembly.
Clerks of Session
Reports & Policies
Commission on Preparation of Ministry
The Commission on Preparation for Ministry (CPM) serves Christ and the Church by aiding members of a congregation within NCP considering a call to become a teaching elder in their faithful discernment of a call to serve God. In particular, CPM provides pastoral support, objective guidance and even critical evaluation for members considering a call in the PC(USA), especially when the call process is challenging or complex.
National Capital Resources
PC (USA) Resources
Electronic Forms
Grants and Scholarships
The mission of National Capital Presbytery is to strengthen and transform congregations to be missional, pastoral and prophetic. To that end, NCP offers grants, scholarships and other resources to congregations, pastors and lay leaders. Grants and scholarships are only available to National Capital Presbytery congregations, emerging congregations and individual leaders of NCP congregations and emerging congregations.
Equipping Congregations Grants
For Congregations: Local Mission, Earth Care, Emerging Congregations, Equipping Congregations, Global Mission partnerships
Equipping Leaders Scholarship
For Leaders: Grants for ministry leaders to grow through conferences and training in development, transformation, spirituality, and evangelism.
Teaching Elder Care & Nurture Group Grant
To support the spiritual nurture, fellowship, and education of NCP’s clergy groups
Teaching Elder Care & Nurture Coaching Grant
For NCP Teaching Elders to receive coaching and/or spiritual direction
*Application form will automatically download to your device. Check your downloads folder for the word document.*
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee:
- encourages participation in the ministry, mission and work of the Presbytery by qualified persons from throughout the Presbytery;
- secures from the ministers, educators and members of the churches in the Presbytery names of persons who are qualified to serve on the various Ministry Units. The consent of any person nominated to serve, if elected, shall be secured before presenting their name in nomination to the Presbytery;
- nominates persons to all elected positions according to the conditions set forth in the Book of Order with regard to fair representation; and
- secures ruling and teaching elders to represent National Capital Presbyter at the General Assembly.
Forms and Nominations
Dismantling Racism
Our mission as members of the church of the Triune God is to be agents of salvation, justice, and reconciliation. Providing training workshops and educational resources are an opportunity and a means for our body to turn away from the sin of racism, to act as faithful disciples of Christ in ministering and caring for the marginalized in our world, and to witness God’s love for all creation. We humbly undertake this work, trusting that God’s Holy Spirit will be our guide and inspiration.
NCP coordinates with Presbytery of Baltimore in providing regional gatherings for education and relationship building in the areas of racial care and repair. Look for more information coming on Matthew25 Mid-Atlantic Summit, Fall of 2026.
Resources
This document is a collaboration between Western’s Antiracism Team and NCP’s MCC Race and Reconciliation Team for which I am Liaison. This collaboration arose out of our January Open Space fishbowl inspired by the R&R Team’s attendance at the CoInspire Conference last October at Montreat
These articles, videos, podcasts and websites from the Smithsonian chronicle the history of anti-black violence and inequality in the United States Center on Conscience & War: Are you or a loved one in the military and having concerns about being mobilized to patrol the Black Lives Matter demonstrations?
Property
Congregations face many opportunities as well as challenges when it comes to property. Property can be a vital tool for ministry but, increasingly, the financial burden of its upkeep can challenge a congregation’s vitality.
If your church is considering renting space to tenants, installing solar panels, obtaining a loan, planning a remodeling project, relocating, redevelopment, selling non worship property, cell tower leases, etc., National Capital Presbytery will likely need to be involved in the transaction in some way.
In National Capital Presbytery, the Administrative Commission on Congregational Property (ACCP) supports and reviews matters relating to congregational property. They are resourced by Heather Deacon, Senior Director of Finance & Operations.