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Career Development Centers

Before a candidate can start the journey toward ordination (i.e. start the application process that follows), he / she must be in a paid place of service within an ABC Great Rivers Church.

All applications for ABCUSA ordination must include the following:

Contact Candy Stivers (candy@abc-grr.org or 217-726-7366) at the Regional Resource Center for an application packet

 I. ABC history and polity course
2. Professional ethics course (e.g.: Boundaries Course)
3. Candidacy assessment by Midwest Career Development Center. Look for the "Group" program. (If
    the candidate is serving (member of) an American Baptist
    Church of the Great Rivers Region, there is scholarship
    help available. Do NOT have the Center bill the Great
    Rivers Region.) We suggest that candidates wait until
    their last year of seminary before participating in this.
    COMSAO will only accept assessments that have     been completed within a three year window.

It is the responsibility of the candidate to contact the center, make an appointment choosing individual or group format (depends upon schedule and availability, and to pay for the service. (Scholarships may be available. Check with the GRR Associate Minister assigned to your area.)

Center for Career Development and Ministry
Dedham, MA
781-329-2100

Midwest Career Development Service
Westchester IL  708-343-6268
Columbus OH   614-486-0469
Kansas City KS   913-621-6348
Dallas / Fort Worth TX   817-649-8134

The Center for Ministry
Oakland CA
415-635-4246

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