1.      For a student to be considered officially enrolled in the Course of Study the Secretary of the Ministerial Studies Board must receive:

A)    A “Registration of My Call to Ministry” form filled out by the student using their legal name and following all the directions on the form. (Form F-2 from the “Handbook for Christian Ministries ”*)

B)     A letter from the student’s senior pastor acknowledging their call to the ministry. (See Appendix H from the “Sourcebook on Ordination”*)

(* Both of these books are found on the Clergy Development website: www.nazarenepastor.org)

2.      All students must be enrolled in an ordination curriculum validated by Regional COSAC. Those students who do not designate a particular curriculum will be enrolled in Reynolds.

3.      Credit toward the completion of the Course of Study is accepted from Reynolds Institute and the NBC Alliance Program. Graduates with degrees in a curriculum validated by a Regional COSAC are considered to have completed all course work for ordination except curriculum based on the modular program. These will be evaluated on a case by case basis.

4.      All completed course work approved by another district will be accepted. Upon transfer, students will be required to fulfill the standards of the New England Ministerial Studies Board for graduation from the course of study.

5.      Official transcripts of all course work need to be submitted by January 31 and/or July 31 of each year. This allows time for updating records or the evaluation of transfer work before the official meetings of the Ministerial Studies Board.

6.      Regarding the required yearly 2 course minimum: Courses count towards the Assembly Year they were finished in, starting with the “Spring” semester and ending with the “Winter” semester.

Example: Courses taken in Spring ’08 through Winter ’08-09 are counted for the Assembly ’09 report. Courses taken in Spring ’09 through Winter ’09-10 will be counted for the Assembly ’10 report.

Exception: Any student who will complete their course of study in the following Spring semester, and therefore still before assembly, can be accepted as an ordination candidate. However, the student must pass those last class/es in order to be graduated from the course of study, a requirement for ordination.

7.      The chairperson and secretary, under the advisement of the designated transcript reader will make decisions on what courses will be accepted for credit. If a student does not agree with the   decision, they may petition, in writing, to the whole board.

8.      When evaluating transcripts only those courses with grades higher than a D will be accepted as of May 1, 2007 .

9.      The Board reserves the right to evaluate the validity of any work submitted and has final authority on what will be accepted for credit in the course of study.

A)    Ministerial studies credit will not be given for CLT courses, CEU credits, audited courses, and work done at non-accredited institutions.

B)     Courses in Theology and Holiness must be taken in a Wesleyan tradition school or course of study.

C)    Courses in History and Polity must be taken in an approved Nazarene course of study or school.

10.   The Ministerial Studies Board records will be considered the official records but students are encouraged to keep records of their grades, course work and praxis reports.

11. We will accept only four (4) courses for Modular Plus courses from NBC* and NNU Modular Plus type courses. (The two (2) course maximum for Directed Studies courses is included in this number.) This is also on a case by case basis. (*This statement only refers to the old NBC Modular Plus Program not to the current Ministry Preparation Program.)

(*This statement only refers to the old NBC Modular Plus Program not to the current Ministry Preparation Program.)

12.  Only two (2) courses may be taken by Directed Study and only two (2) courses may be taken on a pass/fail basis.

13. Ordained Elders from other evangelical denominations must complete a course on the Manual/History and Polity of the Church of the Nazarene. In addition they must complete or have had taken courses in Wesleyan Holiness and Theology. (See number 9).

14. “In order to be recommended for a district license the candidate must have held a local minister’s license for one full year; have completed one-fourth or 6 courses of a validated course of study for ministers.”  (All of Manual 427.1 applies)