The Commissioned Lay Pastor Committee is taking applications for its new training program approved at the November meeting of the Presbytery of The Twin-Cities Area.
Specifically, the CLP Training Program offers a structured learning process that provides a customized training based on past training/experience with future needs related to the specific commissioning of the candidate.
The Training Program consists of up to fourteen – 12-hour modules of learning that include: Introduction to Biblical Interpretation – Hermeneutics; Old Testament Survey & Interpretation; Introduction to Reformed Theology; Presbyterian History and Polity; Sacraments: Theology and Practice; New Testament Survey & Interpretation; Introduction to the New Testament; Church Development and Leadership; Personal Evangelistic Witness; Spiritual Formation and Ministry; Church Based Evangelism and Ministry; Homiletics; Spiritual Gifts and Pastoral Ministry; Introduction to Multi-Cultural Ministry in the 21st Century; Stewardship; and Teaching.
Methods of instruction will vary depending upon the individual learning style/and or cultural challenges each CPL candidate may have. Many teaching situations will be one-on-one experiences.
Qualified instructors (teachers, clergy, missionaries and lay persons) are invited to apply at the Presbytery of the Twin-Cities Area website.
For more information, go to the Commissioned Lay Pastor Manual. You can also email the Commissioned Lay Pastor Committee Chair at: clpc@ptcaweb.org .
