Petition Text: 23003-MN-437-D

Understanding Petition Numbers

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Renumber ¶ 437 as ¶ 335 and amend:

The Itinerant Appointive System.--The itinerant appointive system is the accepted method of The United Methodist Church by which ordained ministers are appointed by the bishop deployed to their fields of labor. All ordained ministers shall accept and abide by these appointments. Persons certified or licensed for pastoral ministry shall be available for itineration. Persons certified or licensed for functions other than pastor shall be in consultation with the bishop and superintendents regarding possible appointments. Persons appointed to multiple-staff ministries,...as well as to the pastor in charge. The nature of the appointive process is specified in ¶¶ 529-533.

1. ...in consultation with the pastor minister and the Committee on Pastor Staff-Parish Relations, is devoted...

2. ...under the conditions stipulated specified in this paragraph....

b) ...as established in ¶¶ 444 and 529-533 of the 1992 Discipline, and upon joint...

d) Ordained ministers who receive appointment at less than full-time service remain within the itineracy and as such remain available, upon consultation...shall be made to the bishop and Cabinet by persons wishing a local church appointment at least six months prior...

e) ...following consultation as specified in ¶¶ 529-533 of the 1992 Book of Discipline, and upon recommendation...

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Petition Text: 23003-MN-437-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference