PNC Synopsis

February 2015

The Pastoral Nominating Committee (PNC) is meeting weekly and making great progress in the initial steps toward finding our new Co-Pastor! The committee, as elected by the Congregation, consists of Tami Ballard, Jennifer Dodson, Herk Johnson, Coy Joyner & Ted Keyser. Click here to read more about these members.

We wanted to re-cap some of the information that has been published in the DSPC Newsletter, especially to bring new members up to speed. Here is a synopsis of the tasks to be performed by the PNC:

• Complete a Ministry Information Form (MIF), or "dossier" of the church.
  This document includes demographic information & statistics on DSPC, as well as your responses to the survey we recently sent out. This document is extensive and can take more than two months to complete. Once it is ready, the PNC will request approval from the Session and the Presbytery, and then submit it to our National Body - PC (USA) - for distribution to pastors seeking call. The applications submitted by interested pastors seeking call are referred to as "Personal Information Forms" or PIFs.
• Review all PIFs received and make initial contact with qualified candidates.
  Pastors can submit a PIF from anywhere in the world, so we anticipate receiving possibly hundreds of applications. This step of the process will include watching sermons on-line and talking with the candidates by phone.
• Complete reference checks on top candidates.
  PC (USA) completes background checks.
• Schedule face-to-face interviews with top candidates.
  This will involve meetings with Nancy, and watching sermons in-person, ideally at a neutral pulpit.

How you can help:

• Trust God and the process.
• Pray for the PNC as a whole, and the members individually.
• If you know someone that you think should be considered, ask that person to submit their PIF to the DSPC PNC via this link. (Our MIF will not be listed until we complete it and have it approved by the Session and the Presbytery.)

The PNC is obligated to keep information about the candidates confidential, but we will update you as we move through the process. We welcome your questions, which you can ask in-person or via email to: dspc.pnc@gmail.com.

You can learn more about this process by reading "On Calling a Pastor", from the PC (USA) website.