The Board of Ordained Ministry is responsible for supporting persons who respond to God's call to professional ministry as an elder, deacon, licensed local pastor, or other certified and licensed ministry options.

Board of Ordained Ministry Information and Guidelines

• For the deacons and elder path:

  • Candidacy Guide 
    Please contact the BOM registrar Sara McManus with any questions you might have.
  • Before coming for provisional membership, you must complete your educational requirements within 4 months after your expected date of commissioning. For example, if you will complete your final class in September 2020, you may submit your paperwork by September 1, 2019 to be potentially commissioned at Annual Conference 2020. 
    Application Requirements for Commissioning  as  Deacon/ Elder (Provisional Membership) 
  • Application Requirements for Ordination as Deacon/ Elder (Full Membership)

• For the local licensed pastor and associate member path:  

  • Candidacy Guide
    Please contact the BOM registrar Sara McManus with any questions you might have.
  • Application Requirements for Associate Membership

• Additional requirement resources:

  • Making Disciples Project
  • Sermon Uploading Instructions
  • Background Check Forms
  • Registrar Instruction Video

Licensing School 2020:

The 2020 Dakotas Conference Licensing and Lay Ministry School will be June 20-26, 2020 at Lake Poinsett, SD.

UPDATE 3/23/20: In light of our country's crisis of COVID-19, we will determine if we will be meeting in person during our Licensing School at Lake Poinsett or online.  We will let each of the registered students know when we are given directives.

• The dean of the Board of Ordained Ministry is Rev. Val Reinhiller. 
• Registration is open:
  • To access the link as well as more detailed information such as study material, please click here. 
• The registration deadline is May 25, 2020.

Board of Ordained Ministry Leadership