Petition Text: 21187-MN-437-D

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Amend ¶ 437:

The Itinerant System.- ---The itinerant system is the accepted method of The United Methodist Church by which ordained ministers clergy are appointed by the bishop to fields of labor. All ordained ministers clergy shall accept and abide by these appointments. Persons appointed to multiple- staff ministries, either in a single parish or in a cluster or larger parish, must have personal and professional access to the bishop and Cabinet, the Committee on Pastor- Parish Relations, as well as to the pastor in charge. The nature of the appointment process is specified in ¶¶ 529- 533.

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Petition Text: 21187-MN-437-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference