Role & Purpose of BOM
Purpose of BOM?
The Mountain Sky Conference Board of Ordained Ministry exists to recruit, develop, and credential those called by God to serve in licensed and ordained ministry.
This committee receives requests for personal and family leave of absence and transitional leave.
What is the Conference Relations Committee?
BAC
Business of the Annual Conference
This candidate serves as a pastor of the church you are also part of. It would be appropriate to _____ during the vote for credentialing.
What is abstention?
The BOM staff admin - who is a total Rock Star.
Who is Maly Strietzel?
What is the BOM role?
Credential. Recruit. Care.
This committee approves all leave and status changes and consults on the clergy session agenda.
What is the Executive Committee?
GBHEM
What is the General Board of Higher Education in Ministry?
The appropriate dress for BOM meetings is...
What is business casual?
BOM is responsible for vocational discernment, so we have three paths for each candidate in our discernment process?
What is yes, no, and not yet
The church discerns a candidate's call; the DCOM discerns the candidate's readiness, BOM discerns...
What is effectiveness?
This committee supports candidates' growth during the provisional process.
What is the RIM Committee?
DCOM/BOM
What is the District Committee on Ordained Ministry or Board of Ordained Ministry
True or False. The role of the reading team is to coach and mentor a candidate.
What is false?
Transitional, Maternity/paternity, Medical, and Voluntary or Involuntary are types of...
What is a leave of absence?
True or false. Laity serving on BOM have a vote at clergy session.
True.
ARC
What is the administrative review committee?
LLP
What is a licensed local pastor
True or false. The entire reading team will attend the site-interview.
What is false?
The minimum time a provisional member in full-time ministry can be approved for full membership and ordination is...
What is two years?
What percentage of 18-29 year-olds attend church?
What is 30%
The responsibility for clergy recruitment falls on the conference committee.
What is BOM?
COS
What is Course of Study
Candidates who are not United Methodists are automatically rejected from the process. True or false.
What is false
BOM serves for how many years?
(3) four-year terms, not to exceed (12) years, must be renominated for each term.