Requirements for Certification
- Certified as a lay servant, lay missioner (or equivalent as defined by his or her central conference)
- Pastor and church council or charge conference recommendation
- Completion of a track of study as defined in ¶268
- District Superintendent recommendation
- Appropriate screening & assessment
- Conference committee on Lay Servant Ministries approval after interview with and recommendation from district committee on Ordained Ministry
Requirements for Renewal
- Annual report
- Pastor and church council or charge conference recommendation
- Ministry review
- Lay Servant Ministries advanced course or approved continuing education event every two years
- District Superintendent recommendation
- Conference committee on Lay Servant Ministries approval every two years after interview with and recommendation from district committee on Ordained Ministry