The Pastors Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee and the Office of Ministry of the General Board will soon release two papers on guidelines for continuing education for ordained leaders in the Church of the Brethren. Sabbath Rest Allen T. Hansell Director of Ministry Calling begins in the congregation. If individuals, especially young men and women who have so many career choices, are to consider the ministry, they need positive role models. They are also helped greatly in their discernment process when they experience positive attitudes toward ministry in their congregations. A new congregational video on calling people to the ministry is scheduled to be mailed to all congregations in the denomination in late February.
Ministerial education is critically important to the church.
We want persons in the ministry who feel called by God and the church, but who are also willing to prepare themselves to be the very best leaders they are capable of becoming. The Academy for Ministerial Leadership . The placement of ministerial leaders in the Church of the Brethren is done by our District Executives in each of the twenty-three districts across the United States. The Church of the Brethren also has congregations in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.