Forms:

• Church Conference Forms 
• Fund Balance Report to be completed in the People Portal (due Feb. 28, 2026)
• Background Checks (scroll down toward bottom of Safe Sanctuaries page)
• NIC Housing Covenant (passed at 2024 Annual Conference)
• Nominations

Resources:

Pastoral Transition Materials

• Pastoral Transitions Workshop June 6 (pdf) June 8 (pdf)
• Contribution Election (UMPIP)
• Ethics of Our Life Together (pdf)
• Social Media Guidelines
• Suggestions for Churches with a Single Pastor
• Suggestions for Churches with a Young Pastor
• Suggestions for Churches with a Clergywoman
• The First 90 Days
• Why Women are Clergy
• Transition Resource
• Parsonage guidelines
• 50 Ways to Welcome Your New Pastor
• 50 Ways to Improve Pastoral Transition 
• The Right Start: Beginning Ministry in a New Setting — COVID-19 Supplement 
• Employer Assistant Program (EAP) Fact Sheet
• Movies & Books for Intercultural Studies

Rule of Christ Documents

• For a training video, manual and documents click here.

Sexual Harassment Documents

• Sexual Harassment in the Local Church Fact Sheet
• The Spectrum of Sexual Misconduct at Work