Section IX. Readmission to Conference Relationship
455. Readmission to Probationary Membership.--Ordained ministers who have been discontinued as probationary members under the provisions of 418 from an annual conference of The United Methodist Church or one of its legal predecessors may be readmitted by the annual conference in which they held previously such membership and from which they requested discontinuance or were discontinued or its legal successor or the annual conference of which the major portion of their former conference is a part upon their request and recommendation by the district committee on ordained ministry, the board of ordained ministry, and the Cabinet after review of their qualifications as required in 414 and the circumstances relating to their discontinuance. When reinstated by vote of the clergy members in full connection, their probationary membership in the conference and their credentials shall be restored, and they shall be authorized to perform those ministerial functions for which they are qualified. They shall resume ministerial studies as required by 415, 416.
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 455
1996 United Methodist General Conference