Becoming a certified candidate is required to apply for local pastor licensing or to apply for ordained ministry.
The official list of requirements to become a certified candidate in the New England Conference are found in this checklist: Certified Candidacy Requirement Checklist new 4-15-2022 (aka Checklist for Certified Candidacy)
Certified Candidacy Forms and Links: Contact bomregistrar@yahoo.com with any questions!
To be eligible to apply for provisional membership one must:
FORMS FOR April 2023 Continuation Interviews
(A) Two different applications will be available for full membership in the Order of Elder: (1) the "Project
Application" which requires the Fruitfulness Project and (2) the "Alternative Application" which does not
require the fruitfulness project.
(B) If you began an approved Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program prior to July 1, 2014 (and
completed 1 unit of CPE), you are eligible to choose which application you prefer to use.
(C) If you had not begun CPE prior to July 1, 2014, you will be required to use the Project Application (some
folks commissioned prior to 2014 may also be allowed a choice, please contact the BOM Registrar).
(D) If you are eligible to choose an application, once the choice has been submitted (in Part 1 of the a
application), the application type cannot be changed. Requirements cannot be interchanged between
applications.
(E) Deacon candidates are not required to do CPE, and are required to complete a Fruitfulness Project
regardless of the dates that they may have taken a CPE program.
(F) Please direct questions about full member requirements to the BOM Registrar
(bomregistrar@yahoo.com).
Applying for Full Membership
in the Order of Deacon (para.330) or in the Order of Elder (para.335)
To be eligible to interview for full membership, applicants must have:
Questions or problems? Contact Deborah Venator, BOM Registrar (bomregistrar@yahoo.com).
Coming soon!
Contact the BOM Registrar (bomregistrar@yahoo.com or 603-892-0359) with questions or for other forms.
A Certified Lay Minister is a qualified United Methodist layperson called to congregational leadership as part of a ministry team under the supervision of a clergy person. CLMs may preach the word, and guide the program ministry and mission of a congregation. However, CLMs may provide leadership in many other contexts and have responsibility for other expressions of mission and ministry both within the congregation and in the community, district, or annual conference.
While CLMs can provide the essential pastoral leadership and services necessary for effective mission and ministry in churches, they are not intended to work alone, but rather as a part of a ministry team. More info at Discipleship Ministries.
A person enters the CLM certification process only with the permission of the District Superintendent. Please see the requirement checklist below for all the details. If you would like to speak to someone in New England about CLM you can contact the Chairperson of the Conference Committee on LSM/CLM, Jennifer Jordan (seacoast.layregistrar@gmail.com).
CLM Requirement Checklist - Official list to become a CLM in the New England Conference.
Lay Servant Ministries Catalog 2022 (lots of useful info)
CLM Guideline Booklet (Discipleship Ministries resource)
CLM Certified Lay Minister Course Information
If you are unable to find what you need on the BOM webpages, or if you find any incorrect links, please email bomregistrar@yahoo.com. Thank you!