Petition Text: 22005-MN-1529-D

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Amend ¶ 1529:

The specific responsibilities of the Division of Ordained Ministry Board of Higher Education and Ministry shall be:

2. To prescribe tThe cCourse of sStudy for ordained ministry, which shall include studies required for license as local pastor and the basic five-year cCourse of sStudy. It also shall provide an aAdvanced cCourse of sStudy for preachers who have finished the above courses and meet the requirements of ¶ 424.3. All work in the ministerial cCourse of sStudy for candidates for elder in full connection (¶¶ 422-425), renewal of licenses (¶ 405), associate member (¶ 420), probationary member (¶ 415), and local pastors qualifying for appointment (¶¶ 406-409), shall be taken under the direction of the Division of Ordained Ministry Board of Higher Education and Ministry in an approved cCourse of sStudy school. The division general board shall cooperate with the Boards of Ordained Ministry and other conference boards in organizing, financing, and conducting cCourse of sStudy schools. (For exceptional provisions for taking tThe cCourse of sStudy for ordained ministry by correspondence, see ¶ 408.1.)

7. To recommend and help organize, finance, and conduct continuing education formation and spiritual growth opportunities...

12. The division general board shall develop policies...

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Petition Text: 22005-MN-1529-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference