Report of the
Ministerial Candidate Committee
The Ministerial Candidate Committee met six times since the last meeting of the Annual Conference. In addition to those six meetings, a special meeting was held with the Committee on Credentials.
The following men were interviewed during this conference year: Kevin W. Clineff, Peter J. Gunderson, Alvin A. Low, Mark L. Morrison, Thomas A. Pollock, Leland C. Stauff, and William J. Whalen.
The following men were approved as probationers eligible to receive a call: Alvin A. Low, Elliott H. Ramos, and Hal J. Russel.
The following men received a call and were licensed: Willis I. Dowling, Kenneth J. Hurst, and Elliott H. Ramos.
Mark L. Morrison and Thomas A. Pollock were recommended to the Committee on Credentials for ordination examination.
The annual orientation seminar was held June 1-4, 1998. On Tuesday June 2, a seminar for the ministerial candidates and pastors was held centered in the theme of Pastoral Theology. This theme will be continued for this year’s seminar to be held June 8, 1999, at Calvary BFC in Coopersburg. The seminar will cover the pastoral ministry of funerals, weddings, the ordinances, and dedication of children and will offer opportunity for you to interact and learn from others about these very practical topics. The entire Orientation Seminar will begin Tuesday, June 8 and conclude on Thursday, June 10.
Resolved, that the list of men under the care of the Ministerial Candidate Committee as of February 28, 1999, be approved as follows:
Probationers (year of licensure in parenthesis)
Clyde D. Bomgardner, Jr. (1997). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Reading, PA
Douglas D. Bowne. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pottstown, PA
Timothy S. Cowen (1997). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wallingford, PA
Willis I. Dowling (1998). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chesapeake, VA
Donald R. Hibbs (1991). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Saylorsburg, PA
Kenneth J. Hurst (1998). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hunter Army Air Field, GA
Alvin A. Low. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Colorado Springs, CO
Mark L. Morrison (1996). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lancaster, PA
Duane E. Moyer (1998). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Guadeloupe
Richard A. Moyer (1995). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mays Landing, NJ
Thomas A. Pollock (1996). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puposky, MN
Elliot H. Ramos (1998). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Allentown, PA
Jeffrey L. Ruhl (1997). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nazareth, PA
David H. C. Sng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lansdale, PA
Candidates
David T. Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kutztown, PA
Robert E. Andrews, Jr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilmington, DE
Kevin W. Clineff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Spring City, PA
Andrew T. Crossgrove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harleysville, PA
William J. Dunn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emmaus PA
Darryl B. Forsythe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading PA
Peter J. Gunderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Souderton, PA
David R. Karn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wyomissing PA
Donald E. Kuntzman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Center Valley PA
Thomas J. Maurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kondoa, Tanzania
Vincent S. Russ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Staten Island NY
Hal J. Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mullica Hill NJ
William J. Whalen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lancaster PA
Applicants
Raymond L. Cole. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Newark, DE
John Elias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coopersburg PA
James MacArthur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oley PA
Bruce D. McIntosh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .York, PA
Vinton A. N. Upham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harleysville, PA
Ministerial Candidate Committee: Calvin T. Reed, Chairman; Richard E. Taylor, Secretary; Delbert R. Baker, III, David A. Thomann, Daniel G. Ziegler