Section VI. Relationship to the Employing Agency
315. The employing agency in which a full-time diaconal minister is serving shall provide:
1. Adequate salaries plus pension benefits, with an opportunity to participate in the United Methodist pension and benefit funds, health-care insurance, and continuing education. It is expected that these will be guided by the annual conference standards for ordained elders.
2. Social Security benefits as required by Federal legislation.
3. The local United Methodist Church which employs a full-time diaconal minister shall provide the above-mentioned benefits in entirety as part of compensatory consideration.
4. When a diaconal minister is employed by a local Church, it is the responsibility of the committee on pastor-parish (staff-parish) relations to act as the employing agent for the administrative board. This committee, in consultation with the pastor in charge, shall interview, employ, issue job descriptions and contracts (which clearly state employment practices, including procedures for dismissal, vacation, and leave policies), and evaluate and terminate employment (269.2f[8]). The diaconal minister shall have full access to the entire committee (269.2b).
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PETS Creator: John Brawn
1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 315
1996 United Methodist General Conference