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Indigenous Candidacy Board 

Lay members and ministry personnel are needed for the Indigenous Candidacy Board, which helps people determine their readiness for ministry. The Indigenous Candidacy Board is one of seven candidacy boards in the United Church. It is appointed by the National Indigenous Council to serve the Indigenous church.

The responsibilities of candidacy boards include naming candidates, terminating candidacy, and determining readiness for accreditation for commissioning to the diaconal ministry of education, service, and pastoral care; ordination to the ministry of Word, sacrament, and pastoral care; and recognition of designated lay ministry. It serves as a commission of the Board of Vocation.

Skills: We are looking for people who have knowledge about the realities of the practice of ministry, capacity for leadership assessment, skills to determine readiness for ministry leadership, the abilit...