Petition Text: 22937-MN-324-D

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Amend proposed new ¶ 324 in the Study on the Ministry, pages 1002-3:

...have been ordained consecrated and served as a deacon probationary member, have been found...call to ordination has been confirmed by the Church. Elders are ordained to a lifetime ministry of Word, Sacrament, and Order. They are authorized...Elders continue their service responsibility as Deacons in the ministry of all Christians while serving as Elders and, as such, are bound by the meaning of that ordination their baptism.

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Petition Text: 22937-MN-324-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference