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BOM Resources

The NM Board of Ordained Ministry offers many resources to those pursuing the call to ministry.


 

 

icon Candidacy Guidelines 2012

 

 

icon BOM Provisional Interview Requirements 2011 doc

icon BOM Provisional Interview Requirements 2011 pdf

 

icon BOM Interview Requirements Elder Deacon 2011 doc

icon BOM Interview Requirements Elder Deacon 2011 pdf

 

icon Transcript Checklist- Deacon

icon Transcript Checklist- Elder

 

 

icon BOM Annual Form for Continuing Education

 

icon BOM Annual Form for Extension Ministers

 

icon Mentoring Program BOM Power Point presentation on Ministry training and mentoring

 

 

CERTIFIED LAY MINISTER ONLINE COURSES
The Center for Small Membership Churches, a joint program of the Kansas West and East Annual Conferences and Kansas Wesleyan University, has developed 7 Certified Lay Minister Courses online, 3 continuing education classes to help pastors and churches develop the One Room SS, Stewardship in the SMC, and Preaching a Sermon Series, and 4 CLM web/classroom based classes for CLM's.  Highly recommended by Bishop Scott Jones of the Kansas Area.

Preview class offerings: http://kswestumc.org/pages/detail/1437 ; 
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 icon NMAC 102 background check auth doc

icon NMAC 102 background check auth pdf

 

icon Paraprofessional Application Certification-

icon Paraprofessional Certification Enrollment form

icon Professional Certification in Specialized Ministries Enrollment form

 

 

 

Dear colleagues in ministry,
We take this opportunity to recommend four resources from GBHEM which we believe can be of great value to you in this season of discerning appointed leadership for the coming year. All four books are available from Cokesbury.

 

Meeting God at the Boundaries: A Manual for Church Leaders
by Lucia Ann McSpadden 

A companion to her earlier Meeting God at the Boundaries: Cross-Cultural/Cross-Racial Clergy Appointments. In this book, McSpadden provides basic concepts and competencies in cross-cultural/cross-racial understanding and communication, as well as practical exercises and tools for this ministry.
ISBN 978-0-938162-96-4
Price: $21.95
Order this book now.

 

Meeting God at the Boundaries: Cross-Cultural/Cross-Racial Clergy Appointments
by Lucia Ann McSpadden

The result of a three-year study commissioned by GBHEM and conducted by the author, this book offers a penetrating analysis of the struggles and challenges as well as the joys and opportunities cross-cultural/cross-racial appointments present to the church's ministry today. The book is a must-read for clergy, congregations, district superintendents, cabinets, and bishops.
ISBN: 978-0-938162-19-3
Price: $14.95.
Order this book now.

 

 

Watching Over One Another In Love: A Wesleyan Model for Ministry Assessment (Revised edition)
by Gwendolynn Purushotham

This popular book, first released in 2007, draws on Wesleyan themes of grace and responsibility to offer a covenant-based model for ministry assessment grounded in mutual support and accountability that edifies both pastor and congregation. Additional material in this revised edition reflects feedback the author received since the book was first released.
ISBN 978-0-938162-72-8.
Price: $12.95
Order this book now.

 

 

Mentoring Into Vocation: Touchstones for the Journey (Revised edition)
by Mark A. Fowler

Written specifically from the perspective of United Methodist polity and theology, this book provides a comprehensive framework for guiding people into ordained or lay vocations. Leaders in annual conferences charged with oversight of candidacy and clergy mentoring programs will find theological grounding, touchstones along the mentoring journey, and a spiritual and theological focus for their work. The revised edition contains a new foreword.
ISBN 978-0-938162-73-5
Price: $12.95
Order this book now.

 


To order these and other GBHEM resources, call Cokesbury at 1-800-672-1789, or order online.

 

 

 

 

Methodist Theological School in Ohio, offers an annual Harding Scholarship Competition.  The winning student receives full tuition plus a $10,000 stipend for 3 years. The competition is open to students with a 3.6 or higher gpa. In addition, all degree programs and all denominations are welcome to apply.  Applications are due by February 1, 2011.  Several other scholarships are also offered.  The school offers 5 degree programs and 3 certificate programs.  The community near Columbus, Ohio, hosts 240 students;  enrollment welcomed in both Spring and Fall.   or visit  Methesco on Facebook for more information!

 

The New Mexico Methodist Foundation Inc., offers the Legacy Scholarship which can honor clergy, help fund training for future clergy,  ease the burden of seminarians' debts for schooling,  or to return the love in helping Elders to attain funding for Doctor of Ministry degrees.   Contact the NMMFI office for further details.   icon Legacy Scholarship

 

 

Website for Young Clergypersons:  http://www.umcyoungclergy.com

Clergy Leadership seminars, workshops and worship experiences at Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center provide memorable opportunites for clergy and laity leadership alike to explore and strengthen their ministries and leadership capabilities while communing with fellow people of faith.
http://www.lakejunaluska.com/events_list.aspx?id=9260