New CRE Requirement *June 2026

Psychological and Vocational Assessment/Evaluation

To support the discernment of a candidate for Commissioned Ruling Elder, the candidate’s

ministry of care, the CRE Subcommittee of the Committee on Ministry, the Committee on

Ministry, and the Presbytery, the Presbytery of San José requires all persons enrolled as a CRE

candidate on/after June 9, 2026 and all current CREs who seek to renew their commission to

undergo and receiving a psychological and vocational assessment/evaluation.

Such an assessment/evaluation is required of all inquirers/candidates for ordination to the

ministry of Word and Sacrament. The assessment/evaluation is an important means for any

person who seeks to receive a call to assess their psychological, mental, emotional, and spiritual

well-being, and how that relates to one’s sense of vocation to ministry.

The CRE Subcommittee of the Presbytery will refer and recommend CRE candidates to a

trained, licensed assessor/counselor, utilizing the practitioners that the Committee on Preparation

for Ministry uses or recommends.

(Approved by COM on June 8, 2026 and effective on June 9, 2026)

For more information regarding CRE information, including program requirements, visit the CRE page here.