The BOM Library houses resources for the Boards of Ordained Ministry (BOM) and District Committees on Ordained Ministry.

These resources help members with their tasks of recruiting and credentialing candidates and clergy, as well as recommending them for licensing and ordination, and developing standards for continuing formation and regular evaluation by The United Methodist Church. 

Candidacy
Resources

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Licensing and Associate Membership

Provisional and Full Membership

Conference
Relations

BOM Handbook and Resources

BOM Handbook &
Documents 

JTOM Scholarship student

Scholarships

GBHEM awards an average of $4 million each year in scholarships for seminary, professional, and graduate and undergraduate students. The scholarship application opens in January of each year. You can only submit one application per year that will be screened for all possible eligible programs.

The Church changes the world not by
making converts but by making disciples.

– John Wesley

Seminary Students

Candidacy
Overview

Explore
Seminary

The Rev. Eduardo Stevens-Gonzales is the assoc. pastor at McKendree United Methodist Church in Lawrenceville, Ga. Photo taken Oct. 23, 2016. Photo by Kathleen Barry, United Methodist Communications

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School