Grid: Six CC

The core competency grid identifies:

• six core competencies
• the knowledge base, skill set/practices that provides a foundation for each competency,
• the educational/training, formation content that will help develop each competency
• a sampling of programs and delivery systems that will help form these competencies
• anticipated outcomes in the congregation for each competency.

Because the grid is a short-hand summary, a “narrative summary” on the grid has also been developed. The commentary provides a more detailed exposition on each competency, what shapes and informs each competency, how these competencies might be developed and what the congregational outcomes might look like.

It is recommended that those in Area Churches who are responsible for granting ordination focus on core competencies as the basis for their discernment in granting ordination. It is recommended that all candidates for ordination would be examined with these core competencies in view as a primary basis for ordination.

Also see the related Assessment Tool.