I’m spending the early part of my week at the Board of Ordained Ministry meeting in Three Forks Mt. Here we are listening to the faith stories of three people in the process of being ordained as pastors in our church. Each candidate gets to preach before the board, discuss papers they have written on their overall theology, and discussing their experiences in practical matters of serving local churches.
Candidates for ordained ministry must write responses to a variety of questions from “How do you understand the following traditional evangelical doctrines: (A) repentance; (B) justification; (C) regeneration; (D) sanctification? What are the marks of the Christian life?” and “What effect has the practice of ministry had on your understanding of humanity and the need for divine grace?”
This afternoon we heard Mark Calhoun (serving in Polson) preach for us. Tomorrow we’ll get to talk to him about his papers, his preaching and the practice of ministry. Then we’ll either recommend him for ordination or refer him back for more study/reflection.
If anyone is interested I’ll share the whole list of questions candidates have to respond to and you can do some thinking about how you might respond.
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