How will the RCA be served?
Not only will all churches benefit from the new agency, but all candidates who desire to be ordained ministers of Word and sacrament will benefit from the efforts of the MFCA and the RCSC. The RCSC will guarantee that those who cannot go to one of our two seminaries will nonetheless be able to receive the full attention of the denominational support network as they prepare for ministry. This is designed intentionally to serve areas west and north of Michigan, where there is no RCA seminary. The MFCA will be responsible for taking the lead in identifying, recruiting, preparing and deploying highly qualified pastors for all the RCA churchesÐthose already established as well as those yet to be planted. The MFCA will creatively seek to bring uniformity to the procedures followed for preparing candidates and open up effective paths for communication between candidates, classes, local churches, and seminaries. Educating and informing all those involved in the process will be seen as a priori
