Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!  Welcome to the Web Site for the Candidates & Credentials Committee of Great Lakes Presbytery.  Great Lakes Presbytery (GLP) is a regional division of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) an evangelical, reformed denomination devoted to serving the Lord Jesus Christ.  The precise boundaries of GLP can be found on the PCA's homepage, but generally speaking, GLP covers almost all of Michigan, about 1/2 of Ohio and the northern 1/3 of Indiana.  Men seeking to minister in the PCA within those boundaries must be examined and approved by the Committee and GLP.

In order to provide candidates and Sessions with a concise and clear understanding of the process of candidacy for the gospel ministry in Great Lakes Presbytery, the Candidates & Credentials Committee has compiled a Candidates and Credentials Manual as well as various forms found on this website. The Committee is responsible to examine and make recommendations with respect to each man who desires (1) to come under the care of, (2) to be licensed to preach in, (3) to be ordained to a work in, (4) to transfer his credentials into or (5) to minister in the bounds of Great Lakes Presbytery. To do this effectively, we must ask certain questions and thus we require specific information. Though these forms and procedures may appear complex and involved, the Committee has labored to make them brief and to the point. We desire to summarize and simplify the process so that all will benefit. To guide you, we have drawn from the Book of Church Order all the necessary information needed by each applicant and condensed it.

You may find the forms and information for various parts of the process in the frame on the left.  Select the appropriate link to go to a page with the information you need.

May God bless you as you seek to serve him.

For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." But how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!" (Romans 10:13-15)