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Transfer of Standing Request

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  • Transfer of Standing Request

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  • Personal Information

    Please complete this basic information to create/update your person record in the NCNC-UCC.
  • If specific day is unknown, give last day of month and year
    MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Local Church of Membership

    Please include details of your Local Church of Membership. Pay close attention to your pastor's/membership secretary's email address, as the system will automatically send an email to them in order to validate your membership. Your Transfer of Standing meeting will not be scheduled until your pastor/membership secretary responds to the validation request.
  • You must be a member of an NCNC-UCC congregation prior to beginning the Transfer of Standing process.
  • If you yourself are the pastor, please list the membership secretary or other appropriate lay leader who can validate your membership in the local church
  • MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • Evidence of Ecclesiastical Authorization

    Please indicate details of your current Authorization in the United Church of Christ. Pay close attention to the email address for the contact in your current Association/Conference, as the system will automatically send an email to them to validate your current Standing. Your Transfer of Standing meeting will not be scheduled until your current Association/Conference validates your current good Standing.
  • If Standing is held in Conference, enter Conference name
  • This may be either a Conference staff person or the chairperson of the Committee on Ministry that currently holds your Standing.
  • I do hereby grant permission to the Association of Conference where my ministerial standing is currently held to send a copy of my Ministerial File, which it has kept and in which it has recorded the continuation of my standing and oversight, to the Northern California Nevada Conference (acting as an Association) in order to facilitate my request for a transfer of my ministerial standing.

    I understand that my Ministerial File is the property of the United Church of Christ; that my current Association may release the Ministerial File to a receiving Association within the appropriate bounds of standing and oversight; and that Association, Conference and other persons may comment on my background and character to the receiving Association, Conference, and other persons. I hereby release such persons from all liability arising from their responses and comments made in good faith and without malice. I further understand that completion of this form is required for my transfer of ministerial standing request to be initiated and completed.
  • Compliance with Lifelong Learning Policy

    Authorized Ministers in NCNC-UCC must be in compliance with the stated Lifelong Learning Policy as a condition of continued good Standing.
  • MM slash DD slash YYYY
  • On first instance, both general and profession-specific modules are required. You may upload a maximum of two certificates in PDF form.
    Drop files here or
    Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 5 MB, Max. files: 2.
    • MM slash DD slash YYYY
    • Max. file size: 10 MB.
    • Background Disclosure & Vocational Plans

      In this final section, you are asked of your current vocational plans as you seek to transfer Standing into NCNC-UCC.
    • Max. file size: 128 MB.
    • Max. file size: 128 MB.

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