1996 Discipline ¶ 341

¶ 341. License as a Local Pastor--All persons not ordained as elders who are appointed to preach and conduct divine worship and perform the duties of a pastor shall have a license as a local pastor. The board of ordained ministry (¶ 633.2g) may recommend to the executive session of the annual conference the licensing of those persons who have:

1. Been commissioned as a probationary member, or

2. Completed the following:

]a) Completed the conditions for candidacy certification in ¶¶ 306.2{-4;

b) Completed the studies for the license as a local pastor as prescribed and supervised by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry or one third of their work for a Master of Divinity degree at a school of theology listed by the University Senate;

c) Been examined and recommended by the district committee on ordained ministry;

d) Been approved by the board of ordained ministry (¶ 633.2g); and

e) Provided the board with a satisfactory certificate of good health on a prescribed form from a physician approved by that board if being appointed as a full-time local pastor. The conference may require psychological and/or psychiatric tests and evaluations to provide additional information to qualify for such coverage.

 

 

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