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Structure Updates in the Presbytery of Detroit
Committees Become Commissions
Two committees in the Presbytery of Detroit have undergone more than just a name change. It was determined by actions of the Synod of the Covenant Administrative Commission for the Presbytery of Detroit to create “Commission on Ministry” (COM) and the “Commission on Preparation for Ministry” (CPM).
According to the “Book of Order” a council may create by their own rule “commissions as they deem necessary and helpful for the accomplishment of the mission of the church.”(G-3.0109) In creating the commission, “the designating council shall state specifically the scope of the commission’s powers and any restrictions on those powers.” (G-3.0109). The primary difference is that a committee or task force can only be given the authority to gather information and make recommendations to a council. A “commission” has the authority, given to it by the council, to make the decision entrusted to the commission.
In addition to the Commission on Ministry and Commission on Preparation for Ministry, the “Commission for Examination for Ordination and Installation of Ministers and Word and Sacrament and Examination of Commissioned Pastors” has been created (composed of the members of COM and CPM). While the Presbytery of Detroit is under original jurisdiction of an Administrative Commission of the Synod of the Covenant, this commission is responsible for examining persons seeking ordination as Minister of Word and Sacrament and Commissioned Pastors is in their purview. This would normally take place on the floor of a Presbytery meeting.
Please click below for full descriptions of these three commissions.
Stated Clerk, Rev. Dr. Melissa Allison
The Synod of the Covenant Administrative Commission to the Presbytery of Detroit
Rev. Jessie MacMillan (Chair)
Elder Alice McCollum
Elder Robert Sullivan
Elder Jim Wilson
Rev. Jeanne Gay
Rev. Cal Bremer
Commission on Ministry
Commission on Preparation for Ministry
Commission for Examination for Ordination and Installation
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