Report of the
Ministerial Candidate Committee
The Ministerial Candidate Committee has met nine times since the last meeting of Annual Conference.
The following men were interviewed: David T. Allen, Elliott H. Ramos, Vincent S. Russ, David C. Butler, Charles E. Cole, David N. Heineman, Brian H. Cooper, and Jeffrey D. LaSpina.
Clyde D. Bomgardner, Jr. and Timothy S. Cowen were approved as probationers eligible to receive a call and were issued licenses during the year.
Charles E. Cole, David N. Heineman and Brian H. Cooper were recommended to the Committee on Credentials for ordination examination.
An orientation seminar was held for the men under the care of the Ministerial Candidate Committee and the pastors of our denomination. On Tuesday, June 3, Dr. Haddon Robinson of Gordon Conwell Seminary presented a seminar entitled, “A Preacher’s Journey: How to Maintain Relevance.”
An orientation seminar has been scheduled for June 1-4, 1998, at Calvary BFC, Coopersburg, PA. On Tuesday, June 2, a seminar on practical theology will be held which will focus on the themes of pastoral care and pastoral life. Pastors are invited.
Resolved, that the list of men under the care of the Ministerial Candidate Committee as of February 28, 1998, be approved as follows:
Probationers (year of licensure in parenthesis)
Clyde D. Bomgardner, Jr. (1997). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading, PA
Douglas D. Bowne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pottstown, PA
Charles E. Cole (1996). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunbury, PA
Brian H. Cooper (1996). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bethlehem, PA
Timothy S. Cowen (1997). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wallingford, PA
Willis I. Dowling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chesapeake, VA
David N. Heineman (1996). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poughkeepsie, NY
Donald R. Hibbs (1991). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Saylorsburg, PA
Kenneth J. Hurst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Horsham, PA
Mark L. Morrison (1996). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lancaster, PA
Richard A. Moyer (1995). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mays Landing, NJ
Thomas A. Pollock (1996). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Puposky, MN
Jeffrey L. Ruhl (1997). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nazareth, PA
David H. C. Sng. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lansdale, PA
Candidates
David T. Allen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kutztown, PA
Robert E. Andrews, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newark DE
William J. Dunn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Emmaus PA
Darryl B. Forsythe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sinking Spring, PA
James W. Harris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Quakertown, PA
Duane E. Moyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bananier, Guadeloupe, West Indies
Elliott H. Ramos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harrisburg, PA
Vinton A. N. Upham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harleysville PA
Applicants
Jason R. Beisell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lancaster, PA
David C. Butler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shamokin, PA
Andrew Crossgrove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harleysville, PA
John Elias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coopersburg, PA
David Karn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wyomissing, PA
Donald E. Kuntzman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Center Valley, PA
Jeffrey D. LaSpina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dunmore, PA
James MacArthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suriname, S. A.
Bruce D. McIntosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . York, PA
Thomas Maurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sinking Spring, PA
Vincent S. Russ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staten Island, NY
William Whalen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lancaster, PA
The Committee in consultation with the Ministerial Relations Committee and the Committee on Credentials recommends the following:
Resolved, that the Chairman of Annual Conference appoint a committee of five to prepare revisions of the Faith & Order that recognize the presence of multiple pastoral staffs in our churches.
Ministerial Candidate Committee: Calvin T. Reed, Chairman; Richard E. Taylor, Secretary; Delbert R. Baker, II, David A. Thomann, Daniel G. Ziegler