A Report on the General Ordination Examination Process

A Reporton the

General Ordination ExaminationProcess

In your evaluation of a candidate, how important is each of the following?

93%

88%

79%

78%

73%

67%

52%

47%

39%

Rank how important each area of academic competency is.

How well does the GOE measure each competency?

What alternative methods of assessment would you consider using?

Do you support church-wide standards for competency?

Do you support church-wide standards for academic subject matter for the ordinands’ education?

Who should craft standards for academic subject matter?

By what process should these standards be adopted?

Where do we go from here?

The bishops of the GBEC, with the assistance of seminary representatives, draft a set of academic standards for presentation to the HOB spring 2011 meeting.

The HOB pass a mind-of-the-house resolution supporting these standards at its fall 2011 meeting.

The GBEC present a set of proposed canonical changes to the Standing Commission on Ministry Development in the fall of 2011 that would:• Authorize the GBEC to prepare a General

Ordination Examination that will be administered at seminaries and diocesan locations, and prepare background material for use by the dioceses.

• Authorize the evaluation of the GOE by diocesan (or regional) examining chaplains.