Guidelines for the Licensing Paper
This paper is required for ministerial license application. Once approved, this license will endorse you as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Evangelical Covenant Church.
This paper is required for ministerial license application. Once approved, this license will endorse you as a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Credentialed ministers must request permission by using this form from the Board of the Ordered Ministry to serve in a non-Covenant setting.
These rules which govern ministers in the Evangelical Covenant Church were adopted in 2002 and were revised in 2008.
This book, by Donald C. Frisk, is an attempt to present, in a relatively small volume, the basic theological affirmations of the Evangelical Covenant Church. It is not intended to be in any sense a “Covenant Creed.”
Those who hold a bi-vocational ministry license (BVL) in the Evangelical Covenant Church are required to read four books annually from the reading list and submit a report with their license renewal. The report form may be used to complete the written report.
Those seeking ordination, commissioning, or transfer of ordination must complete this paper.
A criminal record screening background check must be completed by everyone seeking credentials in the Covenant Church. It is also required for those who wish to be on the denomination’s Open to Call List.
The purpose of Covenant Affirmations is to make clear the values and principles that have guided the Evangelical Covenant Church since its founding in 1885.
All credentialed clergy must agree to abide by the Ethical Principles for Covenant Ministers. The Ethical Principles were approved by the Board of Ordered Ministry in June 2010.
This brochure outlines the requirements for receiving a ministerial license in the Evangelical Covenant Church and explains the steps involved in receiving a first-time license.
