Nicholas Knisely

I Rhode Island

As a former university instructor, COM member in previous dioceses and having served now for over a decade as bishop, I am interested in how best to create a fair, equitable and accurate exam that will both identify the strengths of ordinands and areas were additional support will be needed. This is becoming particularly important across the wider church as the traditional residential seminary program is becoming a less common format for formation. The local ministry schools and online training programs have unique strengths but also open up the possibility of a less standardized preparation. The Board of Examining Chaplains, particularly as it creates the testing tools that are mandated by the canons, will have an outsized role to play in responding and supporting to these new formation modalities. I believe my background will be of use in doing this work.