Candidacy for Ministry Process
Click for a Guide to Preparing for the Candidacy Retreat
Preparación para el Retiro de orientación
de la candidatura de grupo en Español
STEP 1
Talk with your home church pastor, or other ordained deacon or elder, about your call. A helpful resource at this point may be the book, The Christian as Minister.
STEP 2
Contact the district via email with candidacy request.
STEP 3
Meet with Pastor (Staff) Parish Relations Committee (or equivalent) at your church.
___ Submit Form 104a and Form 104b (Staff Parish Recommendation) to your dCOM Chair.
STEP 4
UMCARES (click for video on how to use UMCARES)
___ Conference Superintendent invites to UMCARES.
___ Respond to online invitation to UMCARES.
___ Complete steps in Candidacy Track in UMCARES up to and including payment of $75 and ordering Answering the Call.
___ In Psychological Assessment Track in UMCARES, choose your MAS (Ministry Assessment Specialist, see * below), complete Personal Data Inventory (PDI), Personal & Professional Reference List (PPRL).
*Choose the Indiana Conference MAS closest to you: Meg Hornsby (Clarksville, Indiana) Jaqueline Chandler (Indianapolis) Mark Roth (Indianapolis) Kevin Wieland (Fort Wayne)
___ Notify dCOM Chair that all of the above have been completed.
STEP 5
Candidacy Orientation Retreat Preparation
Submit the following:
___ Upload to UMCARES proof of completion of high school or GED (transcript or copy of diploma)
___ Upload to UMCARES a letter from your pastor, SPRC chair or membership secretary certifying you have been a professing member of your church or United Methodist-related campus ministry for at least a year.
___ Fill-out Application for Candidacy Orientation Retreat in Indiana Candidacy Track in UMCARES
- Next retreat is January 11-12, 2019. Deadline for registration is December 1.
- Location: Benedict Inn Retreat & Conference Center, 1402 Southern Ave., Beech Grove, IN 46107
___ Submit check payable to the INUMC for $300 ($50 for Retreat +
$50 to submit with Background Screening Form + $200 for psychological
assessment) to: Ed Metzler, Ministerial Services, 301 Pennsylvania Pkwy,
Suite 300, Indianapolis, IN 46280 PLEASE NOTE: This is separate from the $75 paid online in UMCARES to the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
___ Submit Form 114 (Disclosure Form) in UMCARES
___ Complete Background Screening through Trak 1.
___ Read Chapters 1 & 5 of Answering the Call
STEP 6
___ Attend the Candidacy Orientation retreat
STEP 7
Prepare for Certification
___ Meet regularly with Candidacy Mentoring Group
___ Continue preparation for certification interview
___ Attend psychological interview at MAS chosen in UMCARES.
Submit the following in UMCARES Indiana Candidacy Track:
___ Form A - Candidacy Mentor Reference will be completed in Indiana Candidacy Track UMCARES.
___ Form B Financial Report
___ Form 104c Charge Conference Recommendation
___ Written answers to Paragraph 310.2.a found in The Book of Discipline
___ All transcripts to date
___ Other materials as requested.
___ Meet with dCOM for certification interview.
CONTACT
Administrator of
Leadership Development – Ministerial Services
Ed Metzler
Ph 317.564.3252
Indiana Conference of
The United Methodist Church
301 Pennsylvania Parkway
Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46280
Next retreat is
January 11-12, 2019
Deadline for registration is December 1.