Petition Text: 21516-MN-426.2-D

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Amend ¶ 426.2:

2. ...to serve appointments United Methodist congregations or ecumenical shared ministries within the bounds...and other qualifications expected of a United Methodist clergy. They shall give evidence of their agreement with and willingness to support...Their ordination credentials and other appropriate qualifications shall be examined by the bishop and the Board of Ordained Ministry, and upon its the board's recommendation...When the Board of Ordained Ministry certifies that their credentials are at least equal to those of associate members, although they are not associate members, they may be accorded all the rights and privileges of associate membership in the Annual Conference (¶ 419.2, .3) and other qualifications are in order, and when they are recommended by the board to and elected by the executive session of the annual conference, ordained ministers from other denominations shall be clergy members in full connection with the annual conference during the time the person is appointed to a United Methodist congregation or an ecumenical shared ministry in which The United Methodist Church is a participant. They shall not have security of appointment, nor shall they itinerate.

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Petition Text: 21516-MN-426.2-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference