Step 3 :: Annual District License
APPLY FOR A DISTRICT MINISTER'S LICENSE :: After having a local minister’s license for at least one year, and successfully passing at least six courses (including the History and Polity of the Church of the Nazarene), a candidate may approach his or her pastor and request that the local church board recommend the candidate to the Education and Ministerial Credentials Boards for a district minister’s license. To receive a first district license or a renewal, a completed application packet must be submitted each year.
For applicants seeking a new or renewed District License at the 2012 District Assembly, application packets will be received beginning January 1, 2012. While you may obtain the documents below prior to that date, please do not submit them until our application period begins in the new year.
The District License Application Packet consists of the following elements:
(1) Application for District License
(2) Essay and Questionnaire
(3) Completed Background Check Form
* A background check is only required once, so please
completed this form if you have not had a background
check through the Virginia District previously. A second
background check will be required upon applying for
ordination (see Ordination Credential - Step 6).
(4) Church Board Recommendation Form
* When an individual is serving as a local senior pastor,
the District Advisory Board (not the local church board)
recommends that individual for a new/renewed license.
* Steps 3, 4, and 5 will need to be repeated annually
for the renewal of your District License until you receive
your Ordination Credential - Step 6.