February 3, 2015
Dear East Ohio District Pastors,
The Ministerial Credentials Board will be meeting Tuesday, April 14th, at Canton First Church of the Nazarene to interview all candidates for district minister's license (new or renewal) or ordination (elder or deacon). The Credentials Board will then make its recommendations to the district assembly on Monday, June 15th for official action. Your assistance is needed in a few important matters regarding this meeting:
1. Please phone or e-mail me the following information by Friday, March 1st. I will then use the information you supplied to contact all candidates for license, license renewal, and ordination. The mailing will go out following the above deadline.
a. If you are recommending candidates for a NEW district minister's license (elder or deacon), please provide me their names, addresses and phone numbers. Please remember that anyone who will be recommended for a first time license must have first completed the Ministerial Development & Assessment Conference held in January.
Please remember that such candidates must have served as local ministers (appointed by the local church board) for 1 year by the time of assembly before they are eligible for a district minister's license.
If any candidate with a divorce in his or her background has not yet met with the credentials board concerning "removal of divorce as a barrier to licensing," and received notification of such "removal" from the district credentials board, the candidate is ineligible to apply for district license this year. The credentials board meets annually for this purpose, usually in November. A notification is sent to all pastors via mail and e-mail in the month prior to this important meeting.
b. If you are recommending candidates for RENEWAL of district minister's license or ORDINATION, I will use the address and phone information printed in the "Licensed Ministers" list of the 2014 District Journal. (I have attached the appropriate page from the journal.) It is IMPORTANT that you check this information against your records and let me know of any changes by the above deadline. You may be the only source I have for address corrections.
2. Complete the enclosed Ministerial Candidate Recommendation Forms on behalf of any candidates your church will be recommending for a district minister's license (new or renewal) or ordination, and mail the completed recommendation form(s) to me so they arrive by Friday, March 13th. These forms will also be available at www.eastohionaz.org. District licensed ministers who are pastoring churches are to mail a completed recommendation form on their own behalf by the same deadline, but the district advisory board, not their church board, will serve as the recommending board, with the district superintendent and advisory board secretary signing. (The recommendation form does not apply to candidates seeking Recognition of Credentials from another denomination.)
3. Candidates seeking a new district minister's license or who are transferring from another district/denomination are required to participate in a one-time background search. The background release authorization form will be mailed directly to each candidate, but the local church may wish to consider picking up the $40.00 fee. Please make the check out to "East Ohio District COTN" and mail the check and release authorization to arrive by Friday, March 13th.
4. Order the following materials from Nazarene Publishing House (800-877-0700) for yourself and your candidates:
Sourcebook for Ministerial Development (Item # U-2000), a guide for ministerial candidates which takes them from affirming their call to ministry, to finding their ministerial role, to fulfilling the requirements for ordination.
Ministry Internship Notebook (Item # S-100), the workbook needed to complete the one-year internship required for all candidates. (Please direct questions about the internship to the district ministerial studies board chairperson or secretary.)
The Manual
God bless your ministry,
Gregory S. Kasler
East Ohio District Secretary
Licensed Ministers
2010 PSV-PT 4 Applegarth, Richard A. 76 Meadow Wood Dr, Apt. C, Salem, Ohio 44460 (Lisbon)
2006 PAS G Baughman, Grace L. 12138 Georgetown St. N.E., Paris, OH 44669 (Carrollton)
2011 PAS 3 Call, Dustin R. 224 Springdale Ave., Wintersville, OH 43953 (Scio)
2012 PSV-PT 2 Cappel, Sandra K. 13898 Linden Rd., Tippecanoe, OH 44699 (Rush Community)
2013 PAS 1 Clay Jeffrey David 5671 Horning Rd., Kent, OH 44240 (Crossroads Community)
2013 STU 2 Cline, Christine Kay 616 Sugar Pines Dr., Warren, OH 44481 (Newton Falls)
2008 DA 3 Crouso, J. Kendall 21432 Twp. Rd. 156, W. Lafayette, OH 43845 (Rush Community)
2008 EDU/DA 4 Crouso, S. Lena 21432 Twp. Rd. 156, W. Lafayette, OH 43845 (Rush Community)
2013 PSV-PT 3 Crouso, Kayla 21432 Twp. Rd. 156, W. Lafayette, OH 43845 (Rush Community)
2008 PSV-PT G Davis, Roy K. 2142 Parkman Rd. N.W., Warren, OH 44485 (Leavittsburg First)
2012 PSV-FT 2 D'Ettorre, Kevin Michael 618 Donald Dr. SW, New Philadelphia, OH 44663 (New Philadelphia First)
2013 PAS Franchetti, Dana 12 Mill Rd SW, Canton Ohio 44706 (Canton South)
2010 PSV-PT 2 Freer, Paul E. 1006 W. Ohio Ave., Sebring, OH 44672 (Sebring First)
2003 PSV-PT 4 Hirschfelt, Michael P. 7999 Deerfield Rd., Marshallville, OH 44645 (Akron East Liberty)
2012 PAS 2 Kelley, Jullie 8988 Horn Rd., Windham, OH 44288 (Windham)
2010 STU 3 Kinney, Darlene M. 5710 Friendship Dr., New Concord, OH 43762 (Cambridge First)
2011 PSV-FT Kramer, Jordan Samuel 207 32nd St. N.W., Canton, OH 44709 (Canton First)
2012 TRF Lamos, Craig In process of transfer (New Covenant Worship Center)
2003 RA 2 Leasure, Charles W. 59 Shaffer Blvd., Mansfield, OH 44907 (Bethesda)
2010 PSV-PT 3 McHam, Elisabeth A. 132 Twp. Rd. 691, Richmond, OH 43944 (Toronto)
2012 PSV-PT/STU 3 McPherson, Matthew Chase 529 N. Somerset Ter., Olathe, KS 66062 (Champion)
2014 PSV-PT 1 Moore, Cynthia May 55154 Town Hill Rd., Jacobsburg, OH 43933 (Powhatan Point)
2014 PSV-PT Nigro, James Joseph 918 Davis Ave., Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 (The Resistance)
2013 PAS 2 Norris, Cheryl Sue 44559 Neuhart Rd., Woodsfield, OH 43793 (Bethesda)
2014 PAS 2 Norris, Guy Eugene 44559 Neuhart Rd., Woodsfield, OH 43793 (Bethesda)
2006 PAS 4 Price, Pamela S. 5329 Jimtown Rd., East Palestine, OH 44413 (East Palestine)
2014 PSV-PT 1 Rowe, Scott 276 Killian Rd., Akron, OH 44319 (Akron Cottage Grove)
2011 PAS Skinner, Daniel 771 Cherry Street E, Canal Fulton, OH 44614 (Canal Fulton)
2011 PSV-PT 2 Sylvies, Robert B. 13396 Dray Ln., East Liverpool, OH 43920 (East Liverpool First)
2006 PSV-PT 3 Taylor, Chad L. 1546 N. 11th St., Cambridge, OH 43725 (Cambridge First)
2011 SPC/PSV-PT 2 Wineland, Glenn A. 5159 Craig Ave. N.W., Warren, OH 44483 (Cortland)
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Dear Pastors and Church Leaders,
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