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Application Form for Local Ordained Ministry

    • This form is for gathering information from people requested by their Parish and Presbytery to apply to their Presbytery for acceptance as an ordinand in training for Local Ordained Ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand.
    • You should also complete as much as possible of LOM Training Needs Self Analysis form. You may want to do this in discussion with a supervisor or the interim moderator. Do not be too alarmed by its detail - it is intended to help assist with discussion about how your training programme can best be adapted to enhance your ministry.
    • The Presbytery will involve the National Assessment Workgroup and the Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership in considering each candidate. 
    • The relevant sections of the new 2006 Book of Order should be read as providing the framework for these procedures.

Instructions

This form should be completed personally and delivered to the Presbytery Student Convener. The Student Convenor will forward copies to the Registrar, Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership, and to a representative of the National Assessment Workgroup.

Click here to download a copy of the form.

Each application should be accompanied by:

a) A covering letter including names and contact information of two confidential referees and your medical practitioner, and any information relevant to your application which does not fit on the form.
b) A one page account of your response to the desire of the parish to call you to local ordained ministry in the Presbyterian Church
c) Your current curriculum vitae including your employment record, educational and training awards, and indications of experience relevant to your being considered for pastoral leadership in the Church.
d) Two written references from people (other than those in (a) above) who have known you in positions of responsibility in the church and in employment or study.
e) Statements on behalf of the parish.
f) Two recent passport size photographs.
g) Certified copies of academic transcripts and photocopies, not originals, of all tertiary awards and training course certificates. (Originals should be sighted by Presbytery Student Convenor who will sign the photocopies.)