441. Support for Ordained Ministers Appointed to a Pastoral Charge--Assumption of the obligations of the itinerant ministry required upon admission to the traveling connection places upon the Church a counterobligation to provide adequate support for the entire ministry of the Church (717). The Church shall provide and the ordained minister is entitled to receive not less than the equitable compensation established by the annual conference for clergy members according to provisions of 722.3.
1. Support for Ordained Ministers Appointed to Pastoral Charges Who Render Full-Time Service--Each pastor of an annual conference who is in good standing and who is appointed to full-time service under the provision of 437.1 shall have a claim upon the conference Equitable Compensation Fund and a right to receive not less than base compensation established by the annual conference for persons in full-time service.30
2. Support for Ordained Ministers Appointed to Pastoral Charges Who Render Less than Full-Time Service--Each pastor who is in good standing and who is appointed by the bishop to less than full-time service under the provisions of 437.2 shall have a claim upon the conference equitable compensation fund in one-quarter increments according to the guidelines established by the annual conference commission on Equitable Compensation.
30See Judicial Council Decisions 579, 587.
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 441
1996 United Methodist General Conference