What the network offers ministers at every stage: becoming credentialed, training for it, and growing as a leader.
Where are you?
Find your next step.
Pick the stage that sounds like you. Each one leads to the right place.
Exploring a call
District School of Ministry.
Classroom training for the credential program, close to home.
Getting or upgrading credentials
Credentials.
Certified, Licensed and Ordained: what each level needs and how to apply.
Already serving
Next Level and Leadership 50.
Keep growing as a leader, with the Next Level series and the monthly Leadership 50 gathering.
Inside the network
Credentials.
Three levels of credentials, from first certificate to ordination. Certified and Licensed ministers are credentialed year round; ordination candidates must meet the August 1 deadline.
- Certified
- Beginners and efficient helpers in gospel work, working under pastoral leadership.
- Licensed
- A divine call, practical experience in preaching, and a purpose to give their whole time to the gospel.
- Ordained
- Mature experience, qualified for the full gospel ministry, and recognized by the Network Presbytery.
Training network
DSOM: District School of Ministry.
The credential program in classrooms near you. Attend modular classes one weekend per month, keep the cost of your education to a minimum, and complete an entire credential level of courses in less than a year.
- Where
- Format
- Modular classes, one weekend per month
- Spanish
- Spanish DSOM (opens in a new tab)
Training network
Credentialing Track.
Twelve free video courses, taught by experienced leaders from within the network. The Presbytery requires them of Certified-level credential holders on the way to a ministerial license, and any credential holder can watch.
Free. You will need to log in to the training site to enroll.
- How to develop a life giving devotional life
- Spirit Filled Preaching
- How to plan and chair a business meeting
- The cost of leadership
- Ministerial ethics, etiquette, and courtesy
- How to lead a board meeting
- Baptisms, Communion, and Dedication
- Weddings, pre-marital counseling, and funerals
- Budgets and church administration
- How to know if you are ready for a lead pastorate
- How to pastor expressions of the spiritual gifts
- Pastoral Counseling, Care, and Hospital Visits
Keep growing
Lead well, for the long run.
Next Level Leadership Series.
Leadership series for pastors. Past sessions and what’s next.
Leadership 50.
A monthly 50-minute Zoom gathering to encourage, equip, and connect credential holders across the Wisconsin/Northern Michigan Ministries Network.
Healthy Leaders. Strong Churches. Investing in the Next Generation.
A Christ-centered, Spirit-empowered network of churches strengthening pastors, developing leaders, and advancing the Gospel across Wisconsin and Northern Michigan.