The Leadership Commission helps congregations find and sustain pastorial leadership and serves the unique needs of pastors, youth ministers and church planters through encouragement, support, accountability and credentialing. The Leadership Commission resources congregational elders and deacons as part of the ministry team with pastors.
Leadership Commission Duties
- Credential by commissioning, licensing and ordaining candidates for ministry.
- Serve as a consultative body to the conference minister in ministerial placement.
- Support personal and spiritual growth for pastoral leadership through counsel, personal evaluation, continuing education, and professional assistance.
- Provide leadership and resources for church-planting initiatives.
- Support a code of ministerial ethics in keeping with A Mennonite Polity for Ministerial Leadership.
- Function in a consultative role for the resolution of tensions between pastors and congregations.
- Give attention to ministerial salary issues and assist congregations in developing adequate salary levels for their pastors using MC USA guidelines.
- Resource ministry teams that include pastors and deacons through workshops, retreats, and other appropriate events.
- Encourage and promote a congregational and WDC culture of calling persons to leadership in the church.
- Relate to the Mennonite Church USA Office of Congregational and Ministerial Leadership as needed.