WORK AND CARE OF
PROBATIONARY MEMBERS AND DEACONS
¶ 1424. The Division of Ordained Ministry
shall be responsible for the work that relates to persons preparing for
probationary membership, persons serving as probationary members and preparing
for ordination as deacons, persons certified in various specialized ministries
for which an agency of the Church has set professional standards, and persons
currently serving in professional ministerial careers. The division shall also
be responsible for the work related to persons preparing for and serving as
diaconal ministers, and it will exercise this responsibility under the
provisions of the 1992 Book of Discipline.