Petition Text: 21866-MN-411-D

Understanding Petition Numbers

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411 345. Counseling Elders Mentors.---Counseling elders Mentors are clergy members in full connection in an Annual Conference recommended by the Cabinet, approved, trained, and assigned by the Board of Ordained Ministry to provide supervision and counsel for certified declared candidates for ordained ministry, local pastors, probationers, and associate members seeking probationary membership under ¶ 417.3 and deacons who are probationary members of the annual conference. Such assignments should be done after consultation with the candidates involved. The counseling elder mentor shall:

1. Work specifically in the development of vocational goals which shall be reviewed annually and reported to the district Committee and/or Board of Ordained Ministry.

3. Work specifically in supervision and counsel regarding preaching and teaching the Scriptures, celebration of the Sacraments and other services of worship, ordering the life of the congregation for nurture and care, and all other aspects of the practice of ministry the practice of servant leadership within the church.

4. [Second sentence] The Board of Ordained Ministry may consider assigning one counseling elder mentor to supervise several local pastors or other ministerial candidates preparing for full conference membership.

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Petition Text: 21866-MN-411-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference