The Ministerial Relations Committee assists vacant churches in securing supply preaching and interim supply.
Churches desiring to call a minister may seek the committee’s counsel.
The Ministerial Relations Committee has the oversight of ministers who are laboring outside the bounds of Presbytery, or who are without a definite call.
The Ministerial Relations Committee provides guidance for pastors and churches seeking to dissolve their relationship.
The Ministerial Relations Committee receives requests for the dissolution of pastoral relationships and recommend actions to presbytery.
The Ministerial Relations Committee is designated as the point of contact for anyone wishing to lodge a complaint about the conduct of a Teaching Elder who is a member of South Texas Presbytery or under its care.
The Ministerial Relations Committee develops strategies to encourage and strengthen fellowship among members of Presbytery.
The Ministerial Relations Committee has the authority to act as a commission of South Texas Presbytery in dissolving pastoral relationships in cases where the minister and congregation formally concur in such dissolution and when pastoral problems are not involved.
In situations in which no congregation is involved, the committee has the authority to act as a commission of South Texas Presbytery in dismissing ministers.
