Step 4 :: Annual Assessment Process

PARTICIPATE IN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS :: After submitting all of your documents to the Board of Ministerial Credentials, you will need to schedule an interview with the Board of Education and Board of Ministerial Credentials. You can contact Anita Larimore, to obtain an appointment with both boards. The scheduling of appointments will begin on March 1, 2012. Please call or email Anita Larimore to set up your appointment with the Education and Credentials Boards (804.739.4884 // 814.691.0446 // anita@vanaz.org). Please note that no appointment will be scheduled until all of the documents from your application packet are received. Please make sure your documents have been submitted and received before attempting to schedule your appointment.

When scheduling a location for your appointment, it is important to note that the "area" credentials meetings are for new and renewal applications for those seeking their District License. While every minister in the assessment process is aiming for ordination, the candidates seeking to be ordained at the 2012 District Assembly must meet with the full Credential Board which will only meet at Richmond All Nations Church, May 7-9, 2012. Also, any applicant seeking a removal of barriers (such as divorce or felony) must meet with the full Credential Board as well at Richmond All Nations Church, May 7-9, 2012.

All other applicants for either a new or renewal of a District License are welcome to attend the area meeting most convenient to them, either in Fredericksburg (Salem Fields Community Church, April 16, 2012), Roanoke (Roanoke Hollins Church, April 17, 2012), or Richmond (Richmond All Nations Church, May 7-9, 2012).

For a full description of all important calendar dates necessary for acquiring your credentials, please check out the Credentials Calendar.  

* 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.