After Consultation:
The Last Steps
When the consultant finishes his or her work, the application moves on, now fully
prepared, to the last reviews.
Division Coordinator's Review (R)
The purpose of this review of the application notebook is to verify theological and
strategic foundations for this Ministry Team Application. The Division Coordinator will
also have specific interests in the ministry's plans and needs that will involve his
supervision, budget, and other division resources.
- Review this application according to your perspective.
- Feel free to make comments in the margins of the application and initial them.
- Please check the appropriate comments on the Summary Sheet.
- Please make comments and recommendations for revisions and the reasons behind them, in
the spaces provided.
- If you wish to elaborate on any comments, or express any further concerns, feel free to
write a separate letter which includes these issues.
Move forward
- If you recommend that this application should move forward, please provide a copy of the
entire notebook and your letter (if applicable) for each member of the Management Team at
least three days before their review.
- Place the review of this Ministry Team Application on the Management Team's agenda.
- Please provide a copy of your Summary Sheet and the date the Management Team will review
the application to the Ministry NetWorking Department.
Revisions
- If you recommend revisions before moving this application forward, please provide a copy
of your Summary Sheet and letter (if applicable) to the advisor of Consultation #3.
- Please give the application notebook to the Ministry NetWorking Department at your
earliest convenience. They will call and schedule the appointment.
- Please sign the Summary Sheet and make a copy of the application, summary sheet, and
your letter for your own records.
Management Team Review (T)
The purpose of this review is to determine if all aspects of the Ministry Team
application are intact. You will determine if it should be forwarded to the Elders'
Meeting for their final determination of accreditation, or returned to the advisor of
Consultation #3 (P) for your recommended revisions.
- Review the application from all relevant perspectives.
- Make comments in the margins if you wish and initial them.
- Determine if this ministry application should be forwarded to the Elders for their final
review.
Move Forward
- If this application should go forward to the Elders, check the appropriate comments and
write any further comments in the spaces provided.
- Please have one representative of the Management Team sign the Summary Sheet.
- If you would like to elaborate on any comments or concerns, draft a letter to that
affect and forward it with the rest of this ministry application.
- If possible, place the review of this application on the Elders' agenda.
- Please provide a copy of the entire application notebook and your letter to each Elder
at least three days before they discuss it in the Elder's meeting.
- Make a copy of the application, Summary Sheet, and letter for your own records.
- Please give a copy of your letter or Summary Sheet to Ministry NetWorking and include
the probable date of the Elders' review so that they can inform the applicant of the
progress.
Revisions
- If you have specific recommendations for revision before you think the Elders should
review this application, check the appropriate comments on the Summary Sheet.
- Please include any of your own comments on the Summary Sheet in the space provided.
- If there are any further comments you would like to make, please draft a letter with
these considerations and give it to the Ministry NetWorking Department.
- Make a copy of the application, Summary Sheet, and letter for your own records.
- Please return the entire notebook to the Ministry NetWorking Department.
- They will be responsible for scheduling with the applicant to make the appropriate
revisions.
Elders' Review (U)
The purpose of your review is to make a final determination regarding the accrediting
of this Ministry Team application.
- Review the entire notebook.
- It may be helpful to review the development of this application by reading the summary
sheets of each consultation.
- Please check the appropriate comments on your Summary Sheet.
- Have one representative of the Elders sign the Summary Sheet.
Authorize Accreditation
- If you accredit this ministry, please draft a congratulatory letter to this affect.
- Please send the original of this letter to the applicant.
- Send a copy of this letter to the Division Coordinator who will be supervising this
ministry.
- Send a copy of this letter and the entire notebook to the Ministry NetWorking
Department.
Decide on Deferment
- If you decide that this ministry application should be deferred from accreditation at
this time, draft a letter to this effect (V).
- Send the original of this letter to the applicant. You can mention that they can apply
again at a future date.
- Give this notebook, with a copy of your letter enclosed, to the Ministry NetWorking
Department.
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