Required Interview Materials for CLM certification/recertification, click here.

View interview schedule for the current year, September 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022

If you have questions about any of the information on this page, please contact
the Delaware DCOM Registrar, Rev. Mary Browne,
pastormhb@gmail.com or 302.731.9495 (office).

A complete packet of your required yearly interview materials must be submitted electronically through Dropbox by 5:00 p.m. on published Materials Due Date for your interview month. 5 - 7 days before that date, you will receive an e-mail from Rev. Laura Martin (energizer.bunny@comcast.net) with instructions for uploading your interview materials. You must follow the instructions in the e-mail and upload your materials from your computer to the DCOM Dropbox location, even if you use Dropbox personally.

Your completed interview materials to be uploaded to Dropbox should consist of 2 files - 1 file in .pdf format that is a compiled and paginated file of all the information below, and 1 MP3 file that is the audio recording of your sermon. (Please note the exception under #3 below that allows for a 3rd file to be submitted.)

NEW! You no longer need to submit a hard copy of your materials or a hard CD of the MP3 file of your sermon for your permanent file.

Required Interview Materials (09/01/2021 - 06/30/2022)

1. Cover sheet (click here)

2. Updated Autobiographical Statement - Describe in several paragraphs the important developments in your life since your last interview. This may involve personal and family matters, professional matters, and spiritual matters. Your update should specifically include your personal spiritual growth and spiritual formation as a disciple of Jesus Christ.

3. Sermon preached within 3 months of your interview date
. . . . .a. Word-for-word transcript of the sermon as preached
. . . . .b. MP3 audio file of sermon being preached in the worship service.
. . . . .c. Copy of worship bulletin/program for the service where sermon is preached
NOTE: If you use slide projections for the order of worship and do not create a hard copy worship bulletin/program, you must upload the file of slides produced for the worship service associated with the sermon you are submitting for your interview.

4. Written essay answers (annotated as necessary) of the following questions
State the question at the beginning of your essay answer. Your essay answer should evidence consideration of our theological guidelines of scripture, tradition, reason, and experience.

a. What is racism and why is it sin?
b. What is your understanding of the kingdom of God; the Resurrection; eternal life?
(The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2016, 324.9(f))
c. The United Methodist Church holds that the living core of the Christian faith was revealed in Scripture, illumined by tradition, vivified in personal experience, and confirmed by reason. What is your understanding of this theological position of the Church?
(The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2016, 324.9(h))
d. Describe the nature and mission of the Church. What are its primary tasks today?
(The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2016, 324.9(i))

5. Completed Mentor's Report (click here)
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ASK YOUR MENTOR TO COMPLETE A MENTOR'S REPORT in such a time that you can review it together and include it in your packet of interview materials. Your mentor will not submit this report without your request. DCOM requires you to meet with your mentor a minimum of 4 times each year.

6. Updated education work - include an unofficial transcript of any college, seminary, or Course of Study classes completed by the due date of your required interview materials. Also include the completion certificate of any ministry-related training/CE event you attended.

7. For Certified Candidates not currently appointed to serve a church: Letter from your local church pastor or church supervisor - This letter should include a description of your involvement, leadership, and ministry in the local church over the past year. The letter should include a statement of the number of years you have been a member of the church. The letter is non-evaluative.