Whose clergy standing is held by GCOM?

Created by Dean Phelps, Modified on Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 7:36 AM by Dean Phelps

The General Commission on Ministry holds clergy standing and has oversight for ministers engaged in these types of ministry:

  • ministry located outside the United States and Canada;
  • ministry accountable to one of the General Ministries of the church;
  • ministries of the ecumenical church;
  • ministry with organizations whose responsibilities extend beyond one Region;
  • full-time military, Veterans Affairs, and federal corrections chaplaincies.


All other ministries are Regional. For those ministers, standing is held by a Region based on the primary ministry site.


(Theological Foundations and Policies and Criteria for the Ordering of Ministry, II.F.1.d, p. 24)

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