Petition Text: 21848-MN-437-D

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Renumber ¶ 437 as ¶ 328 and amend:

The Itinerant System.--The itinerant system is the accepted method of The United Methodist Church by which ordained ministers elders are appointed by the bishop to fields of labor. All ordained  ministers elders 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 shall have personal...

1. Full-time service shall be the norm for ordained ministry elders in the Annual Conference....

2.a) The ordained minister elder seeking...Exceptions to the three-month deadline must shall be approved by the Cabinet...

b) Following appropriate consultation, as established in ¶¶ 444 346 and 529-533, and upon joint recommendation...

c) Reappointment to less than full-time service shall be requested by the ordained minister elder and approved...

d) Ordained ministers elders who receive appointment...

e) The bishop may make ad interim appointments at less than full-time service upon request of the ordained minister elder following consultation...

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Petition Text: 21848-MN-437-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference