Eligibility and Rights of Certification.--1. Persons may be certified as pastors or ministry specialists who have met educational, professional, and personal standards for particular ministries in the Church. They are utilized in local churches and church agencies in ministries of koinonia, kerygma, leiturgia, didache, and diakonia. The annual conference has jurisdiction over certified persons. Annually the Board of Ordained Ministry shall review and evaluate their relationship and make recommendation to the cabinet regarding their placement.
2. Certified persons may serve on any board, commission, or committee of the annual conference except the Board of Ordained Ministry and the Board of Trustees. They shall not be eligible for election as delegates to the General or jurisdictional conference.
3. Certified persons shall be amenable to the district superintendent in the performance of their ministry.
4. Certified persons who are regularly appointed to a local church or agency are subject to the provisions of the Discipline in the performance of their duties. The district superintendent under whom they are appointed shall provide guidance through the district Committee on Ministry.
5. Certified persons in appointment beyond the local church may also be appointed to a local church. They shall relate to the district superintendent in the area where their work is done. The district superintendent shall give them supervision and report annually to their Board of Ordained Ministry.
6. Each certified person shall have an ordained person in full connection assigned by the district Committee on Ordained Ministry as mentor until being received into probationary membership. The mentor is to advise and counsel the person in light of the expectations for United Methodist ministry.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 22980-MN-311-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference