Report of the Ministerial Candidate Committee
The Ministerial Candidate Committee met 11 times during the conference year.
The following men were interviewed: Glenn A. Miller, Jonathan W. Arnold, Donald R. Hibbs, Gene W. Smith, William E. Lehr, Jr., David R. Way, Bruce D. McIntosh, Gregory D. Moyer, Dennis W. Spinney, Allan R. Vivona, Anthony T. Scordato, Ralph E. Ritter, and J. Lawrence Bresnahan.
Thomas J. Beil, Dennis J. Lawrence, and Ronald R. Vining were approved as probationers eligible to receive a call.
Thomas J. Beil, Daniel F. DeLozier, and Ronald R. Vining were issued licenses.
Brent E. Robinson and David H.C.Sng are on leave of absence.
The following men were recommended for ordination examination: W. Neil Harding, Jr., Ralph E. Ritter, Gene W. Smith, Dennis W. Spinney, Allan R. Vivona, and David R. Way.
A one day seminar for the ministerial candidates was held on Tuesday, June 8, at Calvary Bible Fellowship Church in Coopersburg. Dr. Carl Spackman spoke on the ministry of the pastor to his children. The orientation seminar was not held this year.
The orientation seminar for 1994 is scheduled for June 6-9 and will include a seminar on preaching.
RESOLVED, that the list of men under the care of the Ministerial Candidate Committee be approved as listed below:
Probationers (year of licensing in parenthesis)
Thomas J. Beil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aldan, PA (1993)
Douglas D. Bowne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pottstown, PA
Daniel F. DeLozier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lancaster, PA (1993)
W. Neil Harding, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Philadelphia, PA (1983)
Donald R. Hibbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sciota, PA (1991)
Dennis J. Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunbury, PA (1993)
J. Mark McCreary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stroudsburg, PA (1993)
Christopher J. Morrison. . . . . . . . . . . . .Spencer, MA (1988)
Jerry L. Moyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wallingford, PA (1992)
Ralph E. Ritter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Staten Island, NY (1991)
Brent E. Robinson *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Baltimore, MD
Gene W. Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coplay, PA (1991)
David H.C.Sng *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lansdale, PA
Dennis W. Spinney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dudley, MA (1984)
Ronald R. Vining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Allentown, PA (1993)
Allan R. Vivona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harrisburg, PA (1992)
David R. Way. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pleasant Valley, NY (1989)
Candidates
Jonathan W. Arnold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Great Barrington, MA
J. Lawrence Bresnahan. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hatfield, PA
William N. Crowell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Limerick, PA
Kevin K. Gehman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lancaster, PA
Jimmy D. Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bethlehem, PA
William E. Lehr, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lancaster, PA
Glenn A. Miller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schnecksville, PA
Philip J. Mitchell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allentown, PA
Duane E. Moyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Guadeloupe, West Indies
Gregory D. Moyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sinking Spring, PA
Robert Patterson, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cumberland House, Canada
Thomas A. Pollock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puposky, MN
Anthony T. Scordato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wantage, NJ
Jonathan P. Tait. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Royersford, PA
Daniel J. Vitalo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading, PA
Richard J. Vroman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Edison, NJ
Applicants
Edwin W. Ahlum, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mt. Pocono, PA
Clyde D. Bomgardner, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . Graterford, PA
David L. Cook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bernville, PA
Peter A. Fessler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lebanon, PA
Robert L. Gilmore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rockaway, NJ
David J. Parsons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blooming Glen, PA
(* on leave of absence)
Ministerial Candidate Committee: Carl C. Cassel, Chairman; Richard E. Taylor, Secretary; Randall A. Grossman, Calvin T. Reed, Daniel G. Ziegler