1. a) Made application in writing to the appropriate
district cCommittee on Ordained Ministry
and has been recommended by the pastor and the Pastor-Parish Relations
Committee of the local church ...and/or the Charge/Church Conference
wherein....
b) Completed both the basic and advanced lay speaking training
courses to be designed by the General Board of Discipleship or
alternate courses to be designed by the Annual Conference Board of Discipleship
in consultation and cooperation with the Cabinet and/or any other
educational courses recommended by his or her district Committee on Ordained
Ministry. This is to include competency...
f) [Delete.]
2. ...until and unless he/she is appointed assigned to
a church or charge...
a) The lay preacher's license is to be reviewed for renewal annually by the
district Committee on Ordained Ministry is to be relicensed
annually. The lay preacher may be utilized in charges or churches
which are left "to be supplied" when it is impractical to serve such
congregations with part-time local pastors or ordained clergy or as
part of an extended or shared ministry model (¶ 206.3f) where it is
practical and desirable to do so, at the discretion of the district
superintendent.
b) ...the local church relates to the connection. The pastor-in-charge shall have responsibility for the administration of the sacraments (¶ 439.1b).
c) ...and missional thrust of tThe United
Methodist Church. This assumes an in-residence ministry and assumes
that the lay preacher is a person whose integrity and witness as a Christian
and as a United Methodist are established. This ministry...
3. [Delete existing text.] Lay preachers will be assigned by the district superintendent after due consultation with the leadership of the local church an the pastor-in-charge. It is recommended that this assignment be affirmed and celebrated in both the lay preacher's home church and the receiving church.
4. [Delete.]
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 22403-DI-282-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference