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GENERAL
Presbytery Meetings
Presbytery Ministries
Miscellaneous
Other Forms
and Documents
COMMISSION ON MINISTRY (COM)
Commonly Used Forms & Documents
COVENANTS
- Certified Christian Educator (fillable PDF)
- Commissioned Ruling Elder (fillable PDF)
- Interim/Transitional Pastoral Relationship (fillable PDF)
- Parish Associate (fillable PDF)
- Temporary Pastoral Relationships (fillable PDF)
- Pastoral Call Form for Called and Installed Positions - PNC (fillable PDF)
Other
Manual of Operations & Appendices
- Manual of Operations 2025 (PDF) Check back soon for Manual of Operations 2025 with PDF links (instead of google links) within document
- A - Co-Opted Service Guidelines 2024 (PDF)
- B - Designated Pastor Policy 2025 (PDF)
- C - Guidelines for Shared Pastoral Leadership 1998 (PDF)
- D - Relation of Former Pastors to Congregations Guidelines with Covenant of Closure Form 2024 (Fillable PDF)
- D1 - Sample Covenant of Closure Letter (PDF)
- E - Intern Policy 2012 (PDF)
- F - Transferring PC(USA) Teaching Elders into POJ 2019 (PDF)
- G - Transferring Teaching Elders from Other Denominations [XXXX] (PDF)
- H - Ordination Examinations Next Steps in the POJ 2021 (PDF)
- I - Ordination and Installation Commission Guidelines 2025 (PDF)
- J - Expectations for Faithfulness 2021 (PDF)
- K - Pastoral Care Discretionary Fund Policy 2009 (PDF)
- L - 2026 Minimum Compensation Criteria (PDF)
- M1- Member at Large Policy 2025 (PDF)
- N - Call to Ministry Beyond the Congregation (PDF)
- O - Paid Family Medical Leave Policy 2025 (PDF)
- P - Use of Study Leave 2000 (PDF)
- Q - Sabbatical Leave Policy 2025 (PDF)
- S - Evangelist 2012 (PDF)
- T - Parish Associate Policy 2025 (PDF)
- U - Full Communion Policy 2012 (PDF)
- W - Listening Teams Guidelines 2024 (PDF)
- W1 - Listening Teams Manual 10-2025 (PDF)
- X - Ordination to Temporary Pastoral Relationships 2019 (PDF)
- Y - Commissioned Ruling Elder Handbook 2024 (PDF)
- Z- Dissolving Pastoral Relationships: Severance Policy 2025 (PDF)
Boundaries, Misconduct & Harassment
Terms of Call & Reporting Forms
QUARTERLY REPORTING FORMS
ANNUAL REPORTING FORMS
Mission Study Guidelines
- Mission Study Guidelines with Appendices (PDF)
- Mission Study Guidelines without Appendices (PDF)
- Ministries Analysis (Appendix A) (PDF)
- Research Resources (Appendix B) (PDF)
- Scripture Passages (Appendix C) (PDF)
- Congregational Participation (Appendix D) (PDF)
- Small Group Guide (Appendix E) (PDF)
- The Interim Season of Ministry (Appendix F) (PDF)
- Charts and Graphs (Appendix G) (PDF)
COM MONTHLY DEADLINE
To allow time for review, all required forms, including examination materials, must be submitted to com@presbyteryofthejames.org by the third Thursday of the month for consideration at the following month’s meeting.
The Commission on Ministry (COM) committees meet on or by the first Thursday of each month.
COMMITTEE ON
NOMINATIONS (CON)
COMMITTEE ON PREPARATION FOR MINISTRY (CPM)
CPM MONTHLY DEADLINE
To allow time for review by committee members and to schedule interviews, all Inquiry and Candidacy Application materials must be submitted digitally to cpm@presbyteryofthejames.org
The Committee on Preparation for Ministry (CPM) meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month.