Ordination is one of the weightiest things a local church does and one of the least documented. This manual sets out a process rather than leaving each case to improvisation.

It is written for elders and ordination councils who want a defined path for a candidate to follow - the stages of examination, the doctrinal and character standards applied, and the church's own responsibility in recognizing a man God has called. Equally useful as a model for a congregation drafting its own.