ordination.12 Therefore, the church has a God-given liberty to design a practical process leading to ordination, so long as the process includes what the Scripture does dictate. Some reject formal ordination altogether, because they believe that God, not man, ordains. Insofar as they have their life and ministry validated by the biblical standard, Scripture does not fault this approach, if it includes the biblical basis for testing/certification. With equal liberty, others focus only on a direct