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MAC Weekend

Prior to receiving a District License, every candidate (with spouse if married, or partner if engaged) is required to attend the Ministry Assessment Center weekend (MAC) at their own expense. The purpose of this weekend is to aid the Board of Ministry in providing assistance to the candidate in their self-awareness and preparedness for active ministry in the Church of the Nazarene. It helps identify the process needed for a ministerial candidate to prepare for such ministry, and provides many tools, ideas and affirmations.

MAC uses testing, evaluation, and interview processes to reinforce strengths, uncover concerns, and produce recommendations regarding each candidate’s next steps for ministry preparedness.

The areas of self-awareness and preparedness that MAC focuses on are: spiritual formation; emotional health; understanding and acceptance of the seriousness and responsibility of the call of God to the ministry; harmony with holiness doctrine; areas of ministerial skills that a candidate must have and continue to develop; and denominational expectations for those called to ministry in the Church of the Nazarene.

Attendance at MAC requires advance completion of the PLACE Assessment (personality temperament; spiritual gifts; abilities; passion and experiences); a philosophy of spiritual formation paper; a written spiritual autobiography and other important documents, e.g. personal references, a criminal background check and a written recommendation from your local church and your pastor.

The next Ministry Assessment Center weekend will take place January 6-8, 2012 at the Roxbury Holiness Camp in Roxbury, PA.  Please contact the Philadelphia District MAC Coordinator, Shirley Goodman, for more information.