DBMD Form No. 5

  • DBMD Form No. 5

    Ordination/Commissioning Application Questionnaire

  • Instructions: 

    This application questionnaire assumes the candidate has completed the Course of Study, has had some years of experience, and is nearly ready for ordination/commissioning.  The Personal Data Inventory Questionnaire should have been completed earlier.  The answers on this questionnaire will enable the district leaders to judge the readiness of the candidate for ordination/commissioning.  It should be completed carefully and fully.

  • PRELIMINARY DATA

  • Does your spouse/fiancé testify to conversion?
  • Does your spouse/fiancé testify sanctification?
  • Do you or your spouse/fiancé have any obligations that might interfere with your primary ministry?
  • Do you consistently meet all financial commitments so that you do not compromise your ministry or standing with your creditors?
  • Are you now, or have you ever been, involved in a court case where charges have been brought against you?

  • HEALTH INFORMATION

  • Have you ever had a nervous breakdown or an emotionally traumatizing experience?

  • MINISTERIAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • Are you maintaining a life of personal purity and moral integrity?
  • Have you experienced, or are you diligently seeking this grace?
  • This is the most important step in your quest for ordination/commissioning.  Please comment again on the urgency of your call to the ministry.  Include in your answer your understanding of whether a call is for a lifetime, or whether it is acceptable to go into secular employment and become an ordained minister without appointment.  Most districts have long lists of ministers without appointment who have been in secular work for years and may never plan to go back into the ministry.  Do you envision this happening to you?*
  • Are you determined to make the ministry your life's work?
  • Do you plan to give full time to the ministry?

  • Rate the pastoral functions (below) in which you have had practical experience by indicating the level of preparedness or competency you feel in each area.

    0 - No experience/preparation

    1-6 Level of preparation (1 being the lowest and 6 being the highest rating)

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  • THE WESLEYAN CHURCH

  • Will you be conscientious in your promotion of the district and general interests of the Church?
  • Can you give full support to the institutions of The Wesleyan Church?

  • Read again The Guides and Helps for Holy Living (Discipline 260-268) and the membership conditions of The Wesleyan Church (Discipline 553-558).  Can you fully support, practice and teach the principles of living outlined?  If you have hesitancy or questions, explain.

  • Honor the Lord's Day (265:1).
  • Abstain from spiritism (265:2).
  • Exercise faithful stewardship (265:3).
  • Demonstrate a positive social witness by abstaining from all gambling (265:4).
  • Demonstrate a positive social witness by abstaining from destructive substances (265:4)
  • Demonstrate a positive social witness by refraining from membership in secret societies (265:4).
  • Follow the Scriptures’ teaching regarding gender identity and sexual conduct. (265:5).
  • Follow the Scriptures’ teaching on marriage and divorce (265:6).
  • Preserve the sanctity of the home (265:7).
  • Work to advance God’s kingdom (265:8).
  • Grow in knowledge, love and grace (265:9).
  • Preserve the fellowship of the Church with reference to use of languages. (265:10).
  • Do good to all people (265:11).
  • Respect the rights of all people (265:12).
  • Be honest, just, and faithful (265:13).
  • Are your church membership and constituency records current?
  • 41. Are you current in your reporting to the district and its officials?
  • If you were not clear as to the direct guidance of the Holy Spirit to a specific assignment, would you accept the direction and appointment of the district as the will of God and enter joyfully upon the assigned appointment?
  • Are you willing, if needed, to take a small church and supplement your income by means of other employment?
  • If you find it necessary to take other employment, will you work toward the goal of becoming full time in the ministry?

  • IN REGARDS TO YOUR SCHEDULE:

  • Are there demands on your time that conflict with the Christian ministry?

  • Indicate below the social issue on which you have strong views and in which you might become actively involved in your ministry.

    1 - low/weak views

    6 - very strong views

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  • MEMBERSHIP COMMITMENTS

  • Can you practice and proclaim total abstinence as the appropriate response to abuse of such substances as alcohol, tobacco and drugs used for purposes other than proper medical treatment?
  • Are you persuaded that the practice of Homosexuality is contrary to Scriptural teaching and that the church should boldly teach that a marriage between a man and a woman should be the only context for sexual activity?
  • The Wesleyan Church believes that God calls both men and women into ordained/commissioned ministry. Will you continue to support this position?
  • Do you believe and can you articulate the ordination and commissioning of men and women as biblically and theologically sound?

  • Thank you for taking the time to complete this form!

    The information provided on this form is confidential.  It is only for use by the Wesleyan District Board of Ministerial Development and Wesleyan Church officials, and will not be released or provided to any other parties.


    By submitting this form, you hereby freely give permission for the use of this information by the district and general officials of The Wesleyan Church, and waive your right to examine any confidential information about me provided by other persons.  Further, you understand that credentialing by The Wesleyan Church is a privilege granted to ou, not a right that you claim. You hereby acknowledge the authority of the Church in granting credentials to those who, after thorough examination, are believed to have the gifts, fruit and call of God.  Also, you understand that though you may complete all the education requirements for the credential, it does not guarantee your credentialing.

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