Ordination Information & Materials

"...and so fill them with the truth of your doctrine and adorn them with holiness of life..."
Book of Common Prayer, 2019

Brothers and Sisters in DOMA, The Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic (DOMA) welcomes your interest in exploring a possible call to ordained ministry in the Diaconate or Priesthood. We applaud your desire to be obedient to God’s call and your heart to follow and serve Him.

Included in this information packet is an overview of our discernment/ordination process, a checklist of the steps involved, forms you and your rector will need and instructions for a Church Discernment Committee.


Therefore, consider the purpose of your ministry to the children of God. Work diligently, with your whole heart, to bring those in your care into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of God, and to maturity in Christ, that there may be among you neither error in religion nor immorality in life. Finally, equip and lead your Congregation to proclaim tirelessly the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
— BCP, 2019