Continuing Education Formation and Spiritual
Growth.--1. Clergy shall be expected to continue their
education formation and spiritual growth for Servant
Ministry and for Servant Leadership throughout their careers,...
2. In most cases the ordained ministers' continuing education
formation and spiritual growth program...
3. An ordained minister may request an educational a
formational and spiritual growth leave of up to six months while continuing
to hold a pastoral an appointment. An Annual
Conference...Such a leave must shall be with the
approval...
4. Financial arrangements for continuing education, formation, and
spiritual growth shall be negotiated in the following manner: (a) for
pastors it shall be done in consultation with the district superintendent and
the Committee on Pastor-Parish Relations; (b) for deacons, with an
appropriate supervisory body, (b c) for district
superintendents, with the district Committee on Superintendency;
(c d) for conference staff, with the appropriate
committee of the Council on Ministries supervisory
body; (d e) for others...
5. Pastors shall be asked by the district superintendent in the Charge
Conference to report on their programs of continuing education,
formation, and spiritual growth...financial support for the pastor's
program of continuing education formation and spiritual
growth.
6. Clergy in appointment beyond the local church shall give evidence of their
continuing education formation and spiritual growth
program and future plans in their annual reports (¶
443.2a 331.2a).
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 21871-MN-445-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference