Credentials

  • Chair: Matt Beham
  • Duties and Responsibilities
    • Churches desiring to call a minister may seek the committee’s counsel.
    • The committee shall be responsible to present to Presbytery: transferring ministers,candidates for ordination, and licentiates seeking admission to South Texas Presbytery along with their credentials. The applications for admission to South Texas Presbytery must ordinarily be received one month prior to the Presbytery meeting at which the applicant will be examined.
    • This committee shall review all calls, examining them as to whether they are in order, before presenting them to Presbytery.
    • This committee shall instruct churches that a minister must be examined and approved by Presbytery before he can move on the field.
    • This committee shall transfer a minister’s credentials only at a meeting of presbytery.
    • This committee shall hear and make recommendations to Presbytery concerning Teaching Elders who report changes in their views related to Ordination Vow #2 (BCO 21-5).
    • The committee shall prepare and conduct a preliminary examination of those seeking licensure (BCO 19-2), ordination (BCO 21-4.c), and ministers seeking admission from another Presbytery or denomination (BCO 13-6) according to the requirements of the Book of Church Order.
    • All candidate sermons shall be heard by the committee on behalf of the Presbytery and shall report their recommendation to the Presbytery.
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