All application materials must be received by the National Office within 10 weeks of receipt of the original
submission packet. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed for candidacy determination. Applications not completed within
10 weeks will be securely disposed of.
- Part 1 (The Profile, Attached Documents, and Signed Statement) must be submitted together in one packet.
- Part 2 (Transcripts and References) must be received directly by the National Office in hard copy (no emails).
- Part 3 (Interview) will be scheduled after all the paperwork has been received and reviewed. The interview should be in person.
Upon completion
of the Interview, the Candidacy Committee will review the applicant's file and determine in a timely way whether to accept
the applicant into candidacy. All applicants will be notified in writing.
PART 1:
PROFILE
1.
Today's date.
2. Your Full Name.
3. Date and place of Birth.
4. Citizenship.
5. Present Address and email address.
6.
Phone Number
7. Marital Status (single, married, divorced, widowed, etc.)
8.
Name of Spouse and any children, with ages.
9. Overview of your religious/church affiliations since childhood: in what
tradition were you raised? baptized? confirmed? married? etc. Have you been ordained or licensed? What strengths and/or shortcomings
do you carry with you from those affiliations?
10. Are you currently ordained/licensed? In what denomination?
11. Are
you currently under the care of a Bishop or non-episcopal denomination? Who? If you were under care, but are no longer, please
describe the circumstances of the separation.
Note: EFI will not incardinate any ordained person who has not been released
by his/her previous bishop or previous denomination, except in special circumstances which must be adjudicated by the bishop.
12. Are you
now being, or have you ever been, treated for a chronic physical, mental, or emotional illness? Include experience with 12
step recovery programs. Please describe.
13. Have you ever been charged or convicted of any crime in any jurisdiction,
church, criminal, or civil courts?
ATTACHED DOCUMENTS
1.
Standard resume of your work experience and educational histories. Indicate if any previous or current employers may be contacted
for information.
2. Autobiographical essay, including family-of-origin information and family tree, history of residences,
significant events and people, turning points in your life, your understanding of your own spirituality and ethics and how
you got there, and your place in the world as steward to humanity and creation.
3.
Essay discussing your understanding of the Anglican Tradition and the Apostolic Episcopal Church. Reflect on why you locate
yourself within the Anglican Tradition of faith, and how you feel the EFI will provide you with the context to live out
the ministry you are called to do. With respect to Anglicansim, reflect on your understanding of Eucharist, the episcopacy,
and the Prayer Book.
4. Write your own personal statement of faith. Describe how you arrived at this credo. How does this
statement reflect your understanding of the core of the Gospel message? How does this statement reflect your understanding
of the problem of human suffering and a loving God?
Please do not send originals of the following documentation.
5.
Certificates/Diplomas showing completion of education, formation and training
6. Baptismal and confirmation certificates
(or date/location/denomination)
For ordained clergy transferring to the EFI:
7. Letter of transfer or letter of excardination
from your present ecclesiastical authority (if you were not provided with this, please explain the circumstances).
8. Ordination
certificates (deacon, priest/elder)
SIGNED STATEMENT
Please
copy the following statement to a separate sheet of paper, and sign and date it.
I, (insert your full name), do hereby
apply for admission into candidacy status with the Apostolic Episcopal Church. I understand that submission of this application
does not guarantee acceptance into candidacy. I understand that no church official is making any promises to me regarding
future employment or income, the provision of health insurance or other benefits, or any other guarantees. This information
is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge, and I understand that providing false information for the purposes of ordination
can result in civil action against me as well as termination of holy orders and/or affiliation.
(Please Sign and Date)
PART 2:
TRANSCRIPTS &
REFERENCES
The following documents must be sent in hard copy directly from the source (school, reference), to the
National Office.
1. Educational transcripts for each school, degree, program undertaken (completed or not)
2. Three
letters of reference, sent directly from the reference. At least one should be from an academic perspective (on school letterhead),
and one should be from a pastoral perspective. If you have completed any accredited units of Clinical Pastoral Education,
please provide copies of both self and supervisor evaluations.
ALL candidates will be required to undergo basic psychological testing and a background check at their own
expense. Deliberate misrepresentation (by omission, modification, or falsification) of personal information will automatically
disqualify a candidate from further consideration.
PART 3:
INTERVIEW
Your
interview is an opportunity for us to get to know you better, and for you to get to know us better. The interview will take
place in person if possible, and by Skype or phone otherwise. So take your time, and try to feel comfortable and have fun
with this. Let yourself shine through. Some of the suggested areas that your interviewer will likely ask you about are:
1.
Describe what particular ministry you are called to do. (Pastoral counseling, healing, contemplative, missionary work, etc.)
How have you discerned this? What gifts of the Spirit do you bring to the ministry?
2. Brag time: talk about your hobbies,
and the things you do to rejuvenate your heart and soul. How do you relieve stress? What in your life are you especially proud
of?
3. What three words best describe you?
4. How do you believe the EFI can contribute to the building up of your
ministry? And how do you believe you can contribute to the building up of the EFI?
CONFIDENTIALITY
Upon
completion of the application process and review for acceptance or denial (and the period of candidacy if accepted), the written
application documents will be shredded, and any electronically submitted files will be deleted. Basic personal information
(name, address, etc.) necessary for conducting Church business is recorded in a secure database. This information is never
released without prior permission, and mailing lists are never sold nor shared.