Resources

Each year, ministers (both assigned and unasigned) are required to complete forms which tell their ministry during the past year. In addition, senior pastors must complete a form telling about the church's ministry during the past year.

Those forms are available as Microsoft Word forms, which ministers can then return to the Bishop's Office as email attachments, or print out and return by regular mail. Go here to download them.

All UB churches are required to send 3.5% of each month's income (minus missions giving, building fund, and estate gifts) to support our cooperative ministries. The Finances page contains links for the downloadable monthly report form, a treasurer's information form, and online instructions.

• The Discipline. The Discipline is pretty much our corporate manual of operations, dealing with such things as moral and social standards, requirements of ministers, info on the denominational leadership teams, how we're organized at the various levels, and much more. The current 2009-20011 Discipline is available online.
• International Constitution and Bylaws. A set of documents were approved in 2001 and updated in 2005 to set common standards and procedures for the various national conferences around the world.
• Doctrinal Statements. A variety of doctrinal/theological statements have been adopted over the years, usually in response to a controversy at that particular time.
• National Conference Covenant. Every UB church must sign this eight-point covenant every two years in order to remain a member church. (See Covenant FAQ)
• Pastoral Ministry Handbook. Outlines our categories of ministers, licensing procedures, assignment process, etc.

Also in the Personnel area, we have what we call an "Agreement of Understanding," which every church should use when hiring new staff (whether it's the senior pastor or associate pastors).

• Introductory material
• View it online
• Download: Fillable Word Forms | PDF

• Church Directory. Look up the locations, service times, and other information about United Brethren churches acros the USA and Canada. Includes directions to the churches. Fully searchable by church name, city, state, and other criteria.
• The BishopBlog. Read regular postings from Bishop Ron Ramsey and his leadership team.
• Global Ministries Directory. Look up info about current and former missionaries, leaders of overseas conferences, and the Global Ministries staff.
• UB Church Websites. Go here for a list of links to UB church home pages.
• Healthy Ministry Resources. This is the name of the national office, where the bishop and about ten other people serve the various corporate needs of the US National Conference.
• Many online forms. Use these forms to submit address changes, send news from your church, notify the bishop of staff changes, sign up to receive email updates, and more.