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Booklet: Guide to Ministerial Preparation and Ordination
(Please note that the information is applicable under General Assembly, 2021)
Obtaining or Renewing a Local License Pastors, if you have an individual in your local church who is feeling God's call into ministry, we want to make sure you know the steps that need to be taken for them to be issued a Local Minister's License. You can click the button below to find all of those details and forms for first time applicants, or renewal applicants.
Be sure to fill out the Request for Verification of Credential History (send to credentials@kcdistrict.org).
OR
District Licensed Ministers
2022 Interviews
This information is for those being granted OR the renewal of their district license.
DEADLINE FOR ALL PAPERWORK, INCLUDING REGISTRATION FOR INQUIRY,
IS THURSDAY JANUARY 6, 2022.
Be sure to click on the green underlined titles to retrieve the forms you need to fill out this year.
All of the following required paperwork for the granting or renewal of one’s District Minister’s License must be submitted to credentials@kcdistrict.org. You will receive a confirmation email when your forms have been received. If you do not receive confirmation, please follow up.
(First time applicants who have a divorce in their background, must have a divorce barrier removal on file with the Board of General Superintendents. Send an email to credentials@kcdistrict.org to begin the process of Divorce Barrier Removal.)
Guide to Ministerial Preparation and Ordination booklet: http://www.nazarene.org/sites/default/files/docs/Clergy/GuideToMinisterialPrepAndOrdination.pdf
USA/Canada Valid Course of Study Curriculums: https://www.usacanadaregion.org/ministry/clergy-development/validated-course-study-programs
This event is mandatory for the following: those applying for a District License for the first time, or those who have transferred to the Kansas City District from another district this past year. (First time applicants must have held a local church license for a minimum of one year and have completed at least a quarter of the Course of Study.)
January 22, 2022
Begins at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude around 3:00 p.m.
Place: Nall Avenue Church of the Nazarene (6301 Nall Avenue, Prairie Village)
Cost: $30.00, will include all meals and Inquiry materials
Register by January 6, 2022
Renewal of District Minister’s License
March 1 and March 22, 2022
Hour interviews will be scheduled on first come first served basis.
All paperwork must be submitted in order for your interview to be scheduled.
Interviews will be held at KC Central Church of the Nazarene
12600 W 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa
Potential Ordinand Interviews
April 12, 2022
Central Church of the Nazarene 12600 W 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa
ALL PAPERWORK MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2022.