The Stated Clerk Nominating Committee (SCNC) has begun taking nominations/applications for the position of the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly.  The opening of the application window was announced on the committee web page as well as in a Presbyterian News Service press release.  If you are interested, you have until Dec. 23 to apply and the Nominating Committee will announce their choice by April 22, 2008.  However, any other persons who submitted applications and were declared qualified by the Nominating Committee may chose to continue in the process and run against the committee nominee at the GA vote in June.

While the process talks about “qualified applicants” (if you want to read the details it is available in an extract of the Standing Rules of the General Assembly) from reading over the section of the Standing Rules and the application form it appears that you simply must be a Minister of Word and Sacrament or an Elder in good standing in the PC(USA) with no charges pending against you or disciplinary cases that prohibit you from serving.

Well folks, start praying about it.  Not just for whether God is calling you to do it, but also pray for the Nominating Committee to do its work and the GA to select the person God is calling to serve the denomination in this position.