Presbytery Forms and Documents
GENERAL
FINANCIALS
Administrative Operations
- Manual of Administrative Operations - 2024 (PDF)
- Policy for Sale Proceeds When a Church Closes - 2023 (PDF)
Expense Reports
Financial Reports (Audit)
- 2023 Financial Report (PDF)
- 2022 Financial Report (PDF)
- 2021 Financial Report (PDF)
- 2020 Financial Report (PDF)
- 2019 Financial Report (PDF)
- 2018 Financial Report (PDF)
COMMISSION ON MINISTRY (COM)
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Commonly Used Documents
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- COM Liaisons 2025 (PDF)
- COM Liaison Responsibilities 2024 (PDF)
- Covenant - Certified Christian Educator 2025 (fillable PDF)
- Covenant - Interim/Transitional Pastoral 2025 (fillable PDF)
- Covenant - Parish Associate 2025 (fillable PDF)
- Guidelines for Securing Pastoral Leadership 2024 (PDF)
- Manual of Operations 2022 (PDF)
- Pastoral Call Form - PNC 2025 (fillable PDF)
MANUAL OF OPERATIONS
APPENDICES
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- D1 - Sample Covenant of Closure Letter (PDF)
- E - Intern Policy (Word)
- F - Transferring PC(USA) Teaching Elders into POJ (PDF)
- G - Transferring Teaching Elders from Other (Word)
- H - Ordination Examination Next Steps (PDF)
- I - Ordination and Installation Commission Guidelines 2022 (Word)
- J - Expectations for Faithfulness (PDF)
- K - Pastoral Care Discretionary Fund Policy (Word)
- L - 2025 Minimum Compensation Criteria (PDF)
- M - Minister Membership Policy (Word)
- M1- Member at Large Policy (PDF)
- N - Call to Ministry Beyond the Congregation (Word)
- O - Family Leave Policy 2025 (PDF)
- P - Use of Study Leave (Word)
- Q - Sabbatical Leave Policy 2025 (PDF)
- S - Evangelist (Word)
- T - Parish Associate Policy 2012 (Word)
- U - Full Communion Policy (Word)
- W - Listening Teams Guidelines 2024 (PDF)
- X - Ordination to Temporary Pastoral Relationships (PDF)
- Y - Commissioned Ruling Elder Handbook 2024 (PDF)
- Z- Guidance to Congregations on Severance (PDF)
Boundaries, Misconduct, and Harassment
Annual Forms
- 2025 Terms of Call for Ministers and Christian Educators (fillable PDF)
- Reporting Form for Ministers Validated Outside a Congregation (external link)
- Reporting Form for Certified Christian Educators (external link)
- Reporting Form for Members at Large (external link)
Miscellaneous Forms and Documents
Mission Study Guidelines
- Mission Study Guidelines with Appendices (PDF)
- Mission Study Guidelines without Appendices (PDF)
- Ministries Analysis (Appendix A) (PDF)
- Research Resources (Appendix B) (PDF)
- Scripture Passages (Appendix C) (PDF)
- Congregational Participation (Appendix D) (PDF)
- Small Group Guide (Appendix E) (PDF)
- The Interim Season of Ministry (Appendix F) (PDF)
- Charts and Graphs (Appendix G) (PDF)
COM DEADLINE
The Commission on Ministry (COM) committees meet on or by the first Thursday of each month.
To allow time for review, all required forms, including examination materials, must be submitted to [email protected] by the third Thursday of the month for consideration at the following month’s meeting.
COMMITTEE ON
NOMINATIONS (CON)
COMMITTEE ON PREPARATION FOR MINISTRY (CPM)
- Nomination Form (other positions) (Google form)
- CON Operations Manual (PDF)
- Guide to the Preparation Process (PDF)
- Inquiry Application (Word)
- Annual Consultation (Word)
- Candidacy Application (Word)