The Search Committee Chairman recounted the history of the call and the Paul responded with his reflections on how he had been led to this point. He was asked to confirm: his adoption of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, the church’s basis of faith, his calling as a minister of the gospel, and his commitment to serve the church faithfully. A charge was then put to Grove’s church members to promise to receive Paul as their minister and to encourage and support him in his labours. Following Paul’s signing of a declaration, hands were laid on him by Grove Chapel’s elders, Andrew Sides the Chair of Deacons and Ian Hamilton, minister of Cambridge Presbyterian Church.