Forms
Below you will find a list of commonly requested ECMN forms. Don't see what you're looking for? E-mail info@episcopalmn.org.
Convention Forms
Read about lay delegates & find forms here.
Finance Forms
Informed Consent form for Background Check
ECMN provides support in completing background checks for staff and volunteers. Background check forms are to be submitted to info@episcopalmn.org. Once submitted, background checks will processed. Faith communities will only be notified if there are issues found within the background check process. After a successful background check is processed, faith communities will be invoiced roughly $6.95 per person. Click here to download the background check form.
Parochial Reports
For information on the Parochial Report process, contact Missioner for Administration, Ellice Chelgren, at ellice.c@episcopalmn.org. For the 2019 Parochial Report Addendum, please click here.
Generic Youth Permission Forms
Generic Youth Permission Form (can use for youth mission trips, lock-ins, camps, etc.)
Confirmation and Reception Forms
Certification of Confirmation and Reception
Request for Confirmation and Reception Cards
Licensed Lay Ministry Forms
Application for Licensed Lay Ministry
Application for Renewal for Licensed Lay Ministry
Licensed Lay Ministry Handbook
Clergy Forms
ECMN Marriage Consent Forms (for permission to remarry after divorce, revised following General Convention changes, 11/29/15)
I Will Bless You and You Will be a Blessing (Liturgical Resources 1 Revised and Expanded e-Book)
Declaration of Intention for Marriage (revised following General Convention changes, 11/29/15)
Clergy Continuing Education Grant Application
Marriage Officiant Credential Filing Hennepin County with links to state-wide credentialing
Holy Orders Forms
All Holy Orders materials should be scanned as a PDF (one form = one PDF, no matter how many pages it is), saved as "Form Name - Your Last Name" and emailed to: holyorders@episcopalmn.org.
Alternatively, they may be mailed to:
Holy Orders
The Episcopal Church in Minnesota
1101 W Broadway Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55411
ECMN Discernment and Formation (Describes Forms Below)
A – Readiness for Discernment and Covenant
B – Informed Consent for Background Check (see form above)
D – Application for Holy Orders/Postulancy
E – Nomination for Postulancy by Vestry/Bishop’s Committee
G – CPG Medical Exam Form (support)
I – Postulant’s Application for Candidacy
J – Recommendation for Candidacy
K – Candidate’s Application for Ordination to the Diaconate
L – Recommendation for Ordination to the Diaconate
M – Application for Ordination to the Priesthood
N – Recommendation for Ordination to the Priesthood
The Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota
Click here to find the Constitution or Canons governing the Episcopal Church. The links are easy to read and search. Read them to gain a better understanding of the Episcopal Church.
ECMN Journal and Directory
The ECMN Journal is published annually as required by the Canons of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, by the Office of the Secretary of Convention. View the 2014 ECMN Journal.