Ministry Placements

The Placements Committee (Advisory Committee on Ministerial Placements) is responsible for the oversight of the processes that enable the placement of ministers and others in particular specified ministries.

Membership includes two representatives of each presbytery, along with a number of ex-officio members and others co-opted to achieve an appropriate balance.

Advice on placement processes can be accessed from the Protocols, Policies and Guidelines for Placements Committee document below.

Each month, the Synod Placements Committee, which consists of presbytery representatives, assists congregations, agencies and schools to suggest people to be considered to minister in their particular contexts.

eLM resources all phases of ministry formation, from selection, candidate formation, ministry placement and continuing education.

For more information, contact our Relationships & Connections co-director, Sue Clarkson, on 03 9340 8834 or at [email protected]

The Placements Committee requests that when you next complete your Personal Profile, you use the following process:

• Minister fills in personal profile and submits to Presbytery Pastoral Relations Committee (PRC)​​;
• PRC fills in Presbytery Comments page;
• Completed profile returned to minister for their information and signature;
• Signed Profile is submitted to the PRC who check to ensure it is completed;
• Profiles forwarded to the Placements Committee from the PRC.

Please contact Anita Beer for further information on 03 9340 8818.

The Ministerial Provisions and Charges; UCA Handbook; UCA Manse Information Handbook; Minister Remuneration Strategy; Theology of Stipends; Removal Guidelines; Long Service Leave Application Ministers documents are available at Terms of Placement Committee

Download our resources:

• Current & pending placements
• Profile forms
• Other forms
• Resources
• Current placement vacancy profiles

Current placements information

Profile forms

Other forms

Resources

Placement Vacancies