Checklists and Forms for Ordination, CLMs and DSAs

Starting with 2017-2018 the Great Plains Conference is using UMCARES (United Methodist Candidacy and Record Entry System, www.umcares.org) for all credentialing processes. Many of the Word forms from past years are now available only in UMCARES (a custom built form to be completed in UMCARES). Other forms and documents will need to be completed, at least in part, by someone other than the credentialing candidate and remain in either Word or PDF format. These forms are available in the applicable UMCARES credentialing tracks/steps or below. Completed forms should only be uploaded to UMCARES in PDF format.

Information about the requirements for all possible District Committee on Ordained Ministry credentialing requests is included in the District Committee on Ordained Ministry (DCOOM) Handbook. This includes:

• District superintendent assignment (DSA) and continued DSA
• Certified Lay Minister (CLM) and continued CLM
• Certification as a candidate, continuation of candidacy, transfer candidate
• Approval for license as a local pastor
  • Initial approval/approved but not appointed
  • Continuation while in mentoring
  • Continuation while in residency
  • Continuation when mentoring no longer required
• Associate membership
• Provisional membership
• Members of another (non-Methodist) denomination, approved for appointment (OF)
• Transfer of membership for other Methodist or members of a non-Methodist denomination

The DCOOM Handbook also includes information about the requirements for all possible Board of Ordained Ministry credentialing requests such as:

• Continued provisional membership
• Full deacon
• Full elder
• Voluntary leave of absence
• Voluntary retirement
• Honorable location

Contact the conference registrar, Karen Jeffcoat, registrar@greatplainsumc.org, for more information about the BOOM credentialing requirements.

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