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S3 Application Packet Submission Portal

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Upon your completion of this form, it will be sent to your Commission on Ministry Contact and the diocesan office where it will be added to your file. You will receive a copy of the completed form for your convenience.

Your Information

First Name

Date of Birth

Last Name

Who is the your Commission on Ministry Contact?

When you select your COM Contact from the dropdown menu to the left, their email address will appear in a text box below their name. Please copy and paste that email address exactly as it appears in the box below so that a copy of your responses can be routed to them.

Copy of Form 9.1, Nomination for Reception from your congregation in this Church.

Copy of Your Acceptance of Nomination

Date of Acceptance of Nomination

How long have you been a resident of this diocese?

Evidence that you are a confirmed adult communicant in good standing in a congregation of this Church.

Have you ever previously applied for reception in any diocese of The Episcopal Church

Yes

Please describe the process of discernment you have undertaken individually and with the nominating congregation or community of faith.

Alternately, you can provide a link to your Discernment Report.

Please provide a statement of reasons for seeking to enter Holy Orders in this Church.

Please provide evidence of moral and godly character and that you are free from any vows or other engagements inconsistent with the exercise of Holy Orders in this church.

Note: This can be satisfied by including the following statement: “I am free from any vows or other engagements inconsistent with the exercise of Holy Orders in The Episcopal Church. I know of no practice, habit, or manner of my life that precludes me from being able to serve faithfully as a priest in this ministry.”

Please upload transcripts of all academic and theological studies to date, including evidence of satisfactory theological training in the previous Church

Space for Additional Transcript if Necessary

Please upload a certificate from at least two presbyters in good standing of this Church stating that, from personal examination or from satisfactory evidence present to them, they believe that your departure from the Communion to which you previously belonged has not arisen from any circumstance unfavorable to moral or religious character, or on account of which it may not be expedient to admit you to Holy Orders in this Church.

Prebyter 1

Presbyter 2

‼️Before you Submit‼️

Please double check that all of the information you have provided is accurate, especially contact information.

This form is built on automations to share and archive information in efficient and effective ways for all persons connected to the COM discernment and ordination processes; however those automations rely on you correctly inputting contact information. Inaccurate information (including as a result of typos!) may delay your process.

Please make sure that you have added a response to all question fields with an asterisk (*), even if that response is "N/A" or "unknown." The form will not submit successfully with empty required fields.

Once you have double-checked your information and press submit, a copy of your responses will be sent to you as well as to your COM Contact and the diocesan office.