Church of the Ancient Christian Faith

The COTACF Basic Standard for Consideration for Ordination

1. COTACF Clergy Candidates Must be at least 21 years of age Prior to seeking Ordination.
2. COTACF Clergy can be Married or Single; however either state requires living a sexually pure life.
3. The COTACF Does Ordain Women to the Deaconate Only.
4. The COTACF Does Not Ordain Homosexuals.
5. The COTACF Does Not consider the issue of Divorce and Remarriage as an automatic disqualification for serving in the ministry; however each situation is discerned on a case by case basis.
6. COTACF Clergy who are single upon entering into Holy Orders are allowed, there after, to enter into Holy Matrimony; however any COTACF Clergy that may suffer the pangs of divorce are not permitted to remarry while serving in the ministry of the Communion. 
7. The COTACF does not obligate a Clergy Candidate to attend a Seminary Program prior to Licensure; however all COTACF Clergy are required to fulfill the requirements of the ongoing Clergy Development Program in a timely manner.
8. The COTACF Clergy Development Program is facilitated by the  Saint Stephen Harding Theological College and Seminary  and Administered by the Communion Office of Clergy Development; ++ArchBishop Timothy Buss, Dean.
9. All COTACF Clergy Candidates for Holy Orders are required to fulfill their internship requirements with an existing COTACF community before their ordination.

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