Greetings!

Thank you for serving on one of the Greater Northwest Area’s District Committees on Ministry (DCOM)! This is an awesome and holy responsibility, to journey alongside persons as they seek to discover, develop, and deploy their calling from God in ministry. We are grateful for your willingness to share your gifts with God through the work of the DCOM and by extension the Board of Ordained Ministry!

This handbook is intended to accomplish three goals:

• First, we want to make your valuable work as easy as possible. This handbook attempts to address everything you will need to do your work as a committee. From committee organization, to credentialing requirements, and assistance with the interview and voting process. It is designed to be used as a resource when the DCOM meets.
• Second, the Boards of Ordained Ministry in the Greater Northwest Area want to ensure that all candidates are examined justly and consistently. When you conduct an interview, you reference the right page in this handbook and have everything you need to conduct a thorough and careful interview.
• Third, we want to ensure our interviews rigorously examine all candidates and local pastors in the areas of Wesleyan theology, practice of ministry (leadership and fruitfulness), their articulation of calling, and how they lead a disciplined life as a follower of Jesus.

All DCOM work carries an important level of confidentiality. As a matter of trust, it is essential that you observe the covenant of not discussing the work of this committee with anyone outside of the committee, nor share files with others.

This is an exciting journey to share together. Please be in prayer for the DCOM and candidates, the district and conference staff, the Board of Ordained Ministry, and for yourself. Pray that through this work God will raise up outstanding leadership for our churches in this time.

Thank you for your dedication to this ministry, and may God bless you in this holy task!

Teri Watanabe (she/her) - Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference

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Geoff Helton (he/him) - Pacific Northwest Annual Conference

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