Report of the
Ministerial Candidate Committee
The Ministerial Candidate Committee met for nine regularly-scheduled meetings and two special meetings during the year.
The following men were interviewed during the conference year: Clyde D. Bomgardner, Jr., Timothy S. Cowen, Louis S. Curcio, Donald R. Hibbs, Kenneth J. Hurst, James D. MacArthur, Duane E. Moyer, Richard A. Moyer, Stephen T. Roth, Jeffrey L. Ruhl, and Arthur J. Simpson, Jr.
The following men were approved as probationers eligible to receive a call: Andrew T. Crossgrove, William J. Dunn, David R. Karn, and Thomas J. Maurer.
The following men received calls and were approved as licensed probationers: Andrew T. Crossgrove, William J. Dunn, and Thomas J. Maurer.
In consultation with the Ministerial Relations Committee, the committee developed a provisional procedure for allowing men to serve as supply pastors in churches after partially completing our examination process.
An orientation seminar will be held June 6-8, 2000. On Tuesday, June 6, a pastoral theology seminar will be held to discuss and share ideas on conducting weddings, funerals, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, dedications, and anointing with oil. Pastors now serving are invited to participate in the discussions.
: That the list of men under the care of the Ministerial Candidate Committee as of February 29, 2000, be approved as follows:
Probationers (year of licensure in parenthesis):
David T. Allen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kutztown, PA
Clyde D. Bomgardner, Jr. (1997).Reading, PA
Timothy S. Cowen (1997). . . .Wallingford, PA
Andrew T. Crossgrove (1999). Souderton, PA
Willis I. Dowling (1998). . . . .Chesapeake, VA
William J. Dunn (1999). . . . . . . .Emmaus, PA
Donald R. Hibbs (1991). . . . Saylorsburg, PA
Kenneth J. Hurst (1998). . .Richmond Hill, GA
Alvin A. Low. . . . . . . . . Colorado Springs, CO
Thomas J. Maurer (1999). .Kondoa, Tanzania
Duane E. Moyer (1998)Bananier, Guadeloupe
Richard A. Moyer (1995). . Mays Landing, NJ
Elliot H. Ramos (1998). . . . . . . Allentown, PA
Jeffrey L. Ruhl (1997). . . . . . . . Nazareth, PA
Hal J. Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elmer, NJ
David H. C. Sng. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lansdale, PA
Candidates
Kevin W. Clineff. . . . . . . . . . . .Spring City, PA
Louis S. Curcio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hatfield, PA
Peter J. Gunderson. . . . . . . . . .Souderton, PA
Donald E. Kuntzman. . . . . . Center Valley, PA
James D. MacArthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oley, PA
Bruce D. McIntosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . York, PA
Arthur J. Simpson, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . .Normal, IL
Vinton A. N. Upham. . . . . . . . .Harleysville, PA
William J. Whalen. . . . . . . . . . . Lancaster, PA
Applicants
Charles Larry Bennett. . . . . . . . . Lebanon, PA
John Brooks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston, TX
Gerald D. Clark. . . . . . . . . . . Stanfordville, NY
Raymond L. Cole. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Newark, DE
Michael L. Easton. . . . . . . . . . . . . Newark, DE
John C. Elias. . . . . . . . . . . . .Coopersburg, PA
Gerald L. Evens. . . . . . . . . . . .Orwigsburg, PA
Robert K. Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . Zionsville, PA
Ondrej Franka. . . . . . . . . . . . Petrovac, Serbia
Elijah Mwatanti. . . . . . . . . . . . Long Valley, NJ
Stephen T. Roth. . . . . . . . . . . . Harrisburg, PA
Vincent S. Russ. . . . . . . . . . Staten Island, NY
: That the following amendment to the Faith and Order be adopted at first reading to section 513:4:
(3) A probationer eligible for a call is a man who has been approved by this committee, has passed the examinations required by the committee, and is eligible to be called through the rules of pulpit supply.
(4) A probationer eligible for a call becomes a licensed probationer when one of the following occurs:
(4.1) he has been called through the Rules of Pulpit Supply to serve in a Bible Fellowship Church;
(4:2) he has been called through the Rules of Pulpit Supply to serve in one of the denominational agencies of the Bible Fellowship Church;
(4:3) he is serving in a ministry approved by the Ministerial Candidate Committee in consultation with the Committee on Credentials.
Ministerial Candidate Committee: Calvin T. Reed, Chairman; Richard E. Taylor, Secretary; Delbert R. Baker, II, Robert S. Commerford, Daniel G. Ziegler