1. Conference Board of Ordained Ministry. Each Annual Conference at the
first session following the General Conference shall elect for a term of four
years a Board of Ordained Ministry consisting of not fewer than six ordained
elders and deacons ministers in full...The board
membership shall include women and ethnic persons. The chairpersons of the
Orders of Deacons and of Elders shall be members of the Board of Ordained
Ministry (¶ 733.1c) and its executive committee.
c) The board shall organize by electing from its membership a chairperson, registrars, and such other officers as it may deem necessary. The board shall designate its executive committee which shall include the chairpersons of the Orders of Deacons and Elders. The board shall organize in such manner as to care for its responsibilities, including the needs of deacons and elders. The board shall, as a part of its organization, provide for a Division of Deacons and a Division of Elders.
2.a) To assume the primary responsibility for the enlistment and
recruitment of ordained clergy, by working in consultation with the Cabinet and
the Division of Ordained Ministry General Board of Higher
Education and Ministry, to study and interpret...
d) [Second sentence] In case of doubt, the board may submit a transcript
to the Division of Ordained Ministry General Board of
Higher Education and Ministry for evaluation.
e) The board shall annually appoint and train a sufficient number of
mentors supervising pastors, in each district, in
consultation with the district superintendent.
f) To guide the candidate for ordained ministry who is not enrolled in a
theological school and who is pursuing tThe
cCourse of sStudy as adopted by
the Division of Ordained Ministry General Board of Higher
Education and Ministry.
g) To examine all applicants as to their fitness for the ordained
ministry and make full inquiry as to the fitness of the candidate for: (1)
annual election as local pastor; (2) election to associate
membership; (3) election to probationary membership; (4) election to
full conference membership.
h) To provide all candidates for ordained ministry a written statement
on the Disciplinary and Annual Conference requirements for the local pastor,
associate, probationary, and full membership.
i) To interview and report recommendation concerning: (1) students, not yet deacons and elders in full connection,...
n) To provide support services for the ordained minister's career
development, including personal and career counseling, continuing
education formation, continuing spiritual growth in
Christ,...
o) To work with and support the Order of Deacon and the Order of Elder, including receiving reports, offering financial support, and coordinating the Order's activity with the continuing formation offerings of the Board. The Board may delegate continuing formation responsibility to the Orders by mutual agreement, with final approval, evaluation, and budgeting remaining with the Board.
p) To work with and support the ordering of Local Pastors, including receiving reports, offering financial support, and coordinating their continuing formation.
o q) To provide a means of
evaluating the effectiveness of ordained ministers in the Annual Conference
(¶¶ 704.6; 270 471.2f[3];
444 346). In cooperation with the Cabinet, the Board
shall develop standards of effectiveness for clergy serving as pastors of
congregations in that annual conference.
p r) To interpret...
q s) To recommend...
r t) To administer the portion of the
Ministerial Education Fund for use by the Annual Conference in its programs of
enlistment, basic professional educational aid, continuing
education formation, ethnic ministry and language
training, and professional growth of ordained ministers; and to confer
with the conference Board of Diaconal Ministry concerning the same uses for
diaconal ministers.
s u) To cooperate with the Division of Ordained
Ministry General Board of Higher Education and Ministry and
assist in:...
t v) To promote...
u w) To work in cooperation with the
Board of Diaconal Ministry as long as such board is organized in the
conference, meeting together at least annually, to enhance
the total ministry of the Church, recognizing that both diaconal
ministry and ordained ministry are components of the professional ministry of
the Church.
v w) To approve, train, and assign
mentors counseling elders recommended by the Cabinet
(¶ 411 345).
3. ...training and guidance of mentors supervising
pastor(s) in each district....
b) Pertinent information...shall be mailed after each conference session
to the Division of Ordained Ministry General Board of
Higher Education and Ministry. The registrar...
c) The registrar shall keep a record of the standing of the students in
tThe cCourse of
sStudy and report to the conference when
required. This record shall include the credits allowed students for work done
in accredited schools of theology, in approved The
cCourse of sStudy schools, or
tThe cCourse of
sStudy correspondence.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 21991-MN-733-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference