Petition Text: 20041-MN-NonDis-O

Regarding ¶ 409.2 of The Book of Discipline, consideration of the problem of effectiveness of ministers needs to be addressed. There are ministers that have gone to seminary and completed all the required educational needs that just sit back and practically do nothing, and there are ministers that have only completed the basics of the candidacy program that are more effective as pastors than the seminary graduates ever dreamed of being. It sometimes seems as if the seminary graduates (ordained ministers) say to themselves, "I have a guaranteed secure job. I don't need to work very hard at it." This, as we all know, is the wrong attitude to have. It hurts the church as a whole at all levels. There needs to be a better method of judging effectiveness as a minister. By merely completing seminary does not ensure this. Please prayerfully and diligently consider this problem.

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Petition Text: 20041-MN-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference