Your email address will not be published. 6. For by them men do declare that they do not only render unto God as much as they are bound to do, but that they do more for his sake than of bounden duty is required; whereas Christ saith plainly: When you have done all that is commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants. Each local church, annual conference, regional conference, or connectional commission shall designate in its corporate records how its property shall be disposed of in the event of the entitys dissolution. Each charge shall be entitled to as many lay members as it has appointed clergy. While the Global Methodist Church will launch on May 1, 2022, there is no deadline for local churches and pastors to join. Such persons complete an application for candidacy status and a transcript of any courses taken thus far to satisfy the educational requirements of the new denomination (see 407). If the local congregation fails to remit its connectional funding in full as calculated annually, the presiding elder (district superintendent) shall meet with the church council (or its equivalent) to encourage remittance. Housing provisions shall comply with the annual conference housing policy and parsonage standards. Through separations and mergers, Methodist Christians have preserved testimony to the risen and reigning Christ by holding themselves accountable to standards of doctrine and discipline. The pastor is encouraged to report annually the names and contact information for professing and baptized members attending colleges and universities to the chaplain or campus minister of such institutions where the churchs ministries exist. Once a deacon has been ordained, a minimum of five further (four for those going on to ordination as an elder) courses will be required. << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 480 /Height 480 /Interpolate true A change in conference status may be affected by the following: 1. 2. World Methodist Council. The buying or selling goods that have not paid the duty. During the period after the legal formation of the Global Methodist Church until the convening General Conference, the interim Connectional Council on Appeals shall have jurisdiction upon any of the items 1-9 above as requested by the appropriate body in each item, except that the majority vote of the Transitional Leadership Council shall substitute for the request of the General Conference in each relevant item. The convening General Conference shall endeavor to keep as many resources at the local church level as possible, so that the mission of the Global Methodist Church can be achieved. Received prior to our ability to respond, preventing grace enables genuine response to the continuing work of Gods grace. When Holy Communion cannot be offered, the Love Feast provides an opportunity for significant fellowship in a wide array of settings. They shall not have voice or vote at the annual conference unless specifically granted voice by the annual conference. Candidates are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19). Heirs or legal representatives may prosecute such appeal as the appellant would be entitled to do if living. Christian Perfection 36. 2. 3. John Wesley famously declared in his journal on June 11, 1739, I look upon all the world as my parish; thus far I mean, that in whatever part of it I am, I judge it meet, right, and my bounden duty to declare unto all that are willing to hear, the glad tidings of salvation. Since that time Methodists have recognized that at the core of our churchs mission is ensuring that the Good News of Jesus Christ is shared around the globe. WebThe Global Methodist Church is clear and unambiguous in its doctrine and unity around the authority of Scripture, the classical confessions of the Christian faith as articulated in the Apostles and Nicene Creeds, and in the historic Christian ethical standards that When there is only one local church on a charge, the secretary of the church council shall be the secretary of the charge conference. 11. In advance of the convening General Conference, the Transitional Leadership Council shall nominate by majority vote a total of 21 persons representing the churchs geographic, ethnic, and gender diversity in the appropriate lay and clergy categories. Bishops may extend Sacramental authority to Deacons appointed to the office of pastor in a local church or to another specialized ministry setting for the purpose of celebrating the Sacraments. Sanctification is that renewal of our fallen nature by the Holy Ghost, received through faith in Jesus Christ, whose blood of atonement cleanseth all from sin; whereby we are not only delivered from the guilt of sin, but are washed from its pollution, saved from its power, and enabled, through grace, to love God with all our hearts and to walk in His holy commandments blameless. Profiles should be reviewed and updated prior to an appointment being made. We denounce as sin racism, sexism, and other expressions that unjustly discriminate against any person (Genesis 1-2, Deuteronomy 16:19-20, Luke 11:42, 19:9, Colossians 3:11). h) The church council chairperson shall be entitled to attend meetings of all boards and committees of the church unless specifically limited by the Book of Discipline. A member in good standing in any Christian denomination who has been baptized and who desires to unite with the Global Methodist Church shall be received as either a baptized or a professing member. 1. OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES, 355. Persons who have been placed on honorable location (with consent) or administrative location (without consent, JPP 2.2c and 3) are no longer members of the annual conference. The Constituency Roll shall be reviewed and audited annually. FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS FOR OUR DOCTRINAL STANDARDS, 108. The members of the Transitional Leadership Council shall serve until that body is disbanded under the provisions of the convening General Conference. We believe that all have been summoned to care for the earth as our common home, stewarding its resources, sharing in its bounty, and exercising responsible and sustainable consumption so that there is enough for all (Genesis 2:15, Leviticus 26:34-35, Psalm 24:1). Questions of procedure may be raised with the presiding officer or secretary of the appellate body, with the answers shared with all parties. It was adopted by the 2016 General Conference (with a few revisions in 2019) and is the result of an evolutionary process extending back to the very first Discipline in 1808. We do not know what the UM Churchs Book of Discipline will look like after the realignment contemplated by the Protocol is accomplished. The Director shall work with the Transitional Leadership Council to establish necessary funding, implementing policies, and logistical support. When a local church trustee is under consideration for removal and the pastoral charge consists of two or more churches, a church local conference shall be called instead of a charge conference. These educational requirements include the courses defined in 407.3.a, and .b below: Ten courses (third credit hours) for those pursuing deacons orders, and ten additional courses (thirty credit hours) for those seeking elders orders. 3. The annual conference shall confirm the interim appointment at its next meeting. Quorum Seven members or alternates duly seated shall constitute a quorum. Upon completion of the educational requirements of 406.2b and 407.3a, and passing a deacons level knowledge examination in doctrine, history, discipline, and Bible, a candidate for ordination as deacon shall be interviewed by the annual conference board of ministry or equivalent. The Transitional Leadership Council shall have the option of approving a plan of union to be effective immediately or to recommend such a plan of union to be approved at the convening General Conference. 9. In addition to wider ecumenical and interchurch cooperation, the Global Methodist Church has a particular interest in fostering greater unity with other Wesleyan and Methodist groups which share a common heritage of theology, history, and polity. Provide an organization and structure that is able to accomplish its primary functions of support, with a connectional polity that can empower and multiply the gifts of all for the sake of Christs work in the world. 2. Prior to the convening General Conference of the Global Methodist Church, interim bishops may begin to meet digitally or in person as an interim Council of Bishops to provide mutual support and to share best practices, but the Council shall have no other responsibilities. A conscious effort shall be made to invest in a manner consistent with the Social Witness (Part Two) of thisDoctrines and Discipline. 6. Deacons Educational Requirements. The bishop may make ad interim appointments of such persons once approved by the board of ministry. << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI ] /ColorSpace << /Cs1 5 0 R 9. The Circumcision of the Heart 14. Transubstantiation, or the change of the substance of bread and wine in the Supper of our Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ, but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions. 4. Create a program of ministry within its area that can fulfill the mission of the church and enhance its witness. We are a worldwide denomination It prevents the full consequences of humanitys alienation from God and awakens conscience, giving an initial sense of God and the first inclinations toward life. The committee may meet with the presiding elder (district superintendent) without the appointed clergy under consideration being present. 12. When the respondent is a clergy person. The work of Phillip William Otterbein, Martin Boehm, and Jacob Albright established the United Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical Association. Establish the number of districts, upon recommendation from the bishop, cabinet, and conference leadership ( 504.6). We are committed to carry out the Great Commission of Jesus in Matthew 28 to go into all the world to make disciples of Christ, teaching and baptizing in His name. The audit shall be performed by an audit committee composed of persons unrelated to the persons listed in 2 above or by an independent certified public accountant (CPA), accounting firm, or equivalent. a) The council shall meet at least quarterly. Acts 6:2). The geographic size of episcopal areas, measured by the square miles/square kilometers, and the numbers of time zones and nations; 3. Any clergy member (including both spouses in a clergy couple) may request maternity or paternity leave for up to three months at the birth or arrival of a child into the home for purposes of adoption or fostering. In the selection of presiding elders (district superintendents), bishops shall give due consideration to the inclusiveness of the Global Methodist Church ( 306). Duly appointed clergy of the Global Methodist Church, while serving as a chaplain of any organization, institution, or military unit, as an extension minister, or as a campus minister, or while otherwise present where a local church is not available, may receive a person into the membership of the Global Methodist Church under the conditions of 322. The transitional connectional operating officer shall assign staff to support and resource any general commission and provide oversight to all general church staff. The right to prosecute an appeal shall not be affected by the death of the person entitled to such right. Congregations forming an ecumenical congregation shall develop a clear covenant of mission, set of bylaws, or articles of agreement that address financial and property matters, church membership, denominational support and apportionments, committee structure and election procedures, terms and provisions of the pastorate, reporting procedures, relationship with the parent denominations, and matters related to amending or dissolving the agreement. 8. The committee shall make a full and complete report to the annual charge conference. Clergy are those who have been called out from among Gods people for particular service to His church. 9. endobj Outstanding capital debts and how contracted; vii. We believe we are never accounted righteous before God through our works or merit, but that penitent sinners are justified or accounted righteous before God only by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Wesley said, there is no holiness but social. By referring to social holiness, Wesley meant that the road to holiness was one that we could not travel by ourselves, but rather involved the community of faith at every step along the way. The charge conference may, if it is necessary to conform to the local laws, substitute the designations president and vice president in place of chairperson and vice chairperson. In all cases, the right to present evidence shall be exhausted when the case has been heard once on its merits in the trial court, but questions of Church law may be carried on appeal, step by step, to the Connectional Council on Appeals ( 824.8-9). Their doctrinal summations, the Augsburg Confession, the Schleitheim Confession, the Anglican Articles of Religion, and the Heidelberg Catechism, bore witness to this faith. Affirming the spiritual dimensions of the ministry of all Christians, it is recognized that this ministry exists in the secular world and that civil authorities may seek legal definition predicated on the nature of the Global Methodist Church in seeking fulfillment of this ministry. From the decision of the bishop presiding in the annual conference to the Connectional Council on Appeals; c. From the bishop presiding in a regional conference to the Connectional Council on Appeals; and. A local church may be transferred from one annual conference to another by a two-thirds vote of the professing members who are present and voting in the church council and the church conference, and a simple majority vote by each of the two annual conferences involved. 5. The church council or governing board chairperson shall be elected by the charge conference annually and shall have the following responsibilities: a) leading the council in fulfilling its responsibilities; b) preparing and communicating the agenda of the council meetings in consultation with the pastor(s), lay leader, and other appropriate persons; c) reviewing and assigning responsibility for the implementation of actions taken by the council; d) communicating with members of the council and others as appropriate to permit informed action at council meetings; e) coordinating the various activities of the council; f) providing initiative and leadership for the council as it engages in planning, establishing of objectives and goals, and evaluating ministry; g) participating in leadership training programs as offered by the annual conference and/or district. The determination of the Connectional Council on Appeals shall be final. 7. xUn0{9KTCK2pEe>g3}D8A@WKa$7Y7x`hA#-o^+e$N@ kU@7Zr!`+%sfn.m7Q%oES+ wq k_tM??6HhSu;=(Q G4CFL 5. The affirmative vote must be to endorse the doctrinal standards and Social Witness ( 101-202) in this Transitional Book of Doctrines and Disciplinesand express a desire to be connected and accountable to this church. The President, the Congress, the general assemblies, the governors, and the councils of state, as the delegates of the people, are the rulers of the United States of America, according to the division of power made to them by the Constitution of the United States and by the constitutions of their respective states. The Board of Directors shall take such steps as are necessary and proper to conserve, protect, and administer the gift; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may decline to receive or administer any such gift, devise, or bequest for any reason satisfactory to the Board. Five members shall constitute a quorum. The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and works, to faith, and calling upon God; wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will. Do you receive and profess the Christian faith as contained in the Scriptures? endobj Non-episcopal members included one person each from Africa, Europe/Eurasia, and the Philippines. 3. The name of the custodian of all legal papers of the local church, and where theyare kept; ix. In conducting its work, the committee shall engage in biblical and theological reflection on the mission of the church, the primary task, and ministries of the local church. 4. Individuals such as Stephen, Phoebe, and Timothy, served in various ways to benefit the people of God. When the respondent is a clergy person Each annual conference shall elect a committee on investigation to consider judicial complaints against clergy members of the annual conference in accordance with 612.5. No such trial as herein provided shall be construed to deprive the respondent or the Church of legal civil rights, except to the extent that immunity is provided as in 805.9. The structure of episcopal areas, measured by the number of annual conferences, and the overall church membership in all annual, provisional annual, missionary conferences, and missions in episcopal areas. 15 0 obj After that time, the clergy person must choose either honorable location status ( 417.7) or senior status ( 418), with the approval of a majority of the clergy session. The membership of the charge conference shall be all members of the church council or other equivalent body, together with retired ordained ministers and retired diaconal ministers who elect to hold their membership in that charge conference and any others as may be designated in the Transitional Book of Doctrines and Discipline. Wondering Thoughts 37. Bishops may appoint deacons and elders to attend any recognized school, college, or theological seminary, or to participate in an accredited program of clinical pastoral education. To see each person in his class once a week at least, in order: (1) to inquire how their souls prosper; (2) to advise, reprove, comfort or exhort, as occasion may require; (3) to receive what they are willing to give toward the relief of the preachers, church, and poor. Notice shall be given not less than twenty (20) days prior to the hearing. The responsibilities of the Transitional Leadership Council include, but are not limited to: a. Have they the love of God abiding in them? The additional nine sermons supplement the original forty-four, providing additional teaching on matters of practical divinity and other topics. 7. If not otherwise a voting member of the annual conference, the conference chancellor shall be seated in the annual conference and shall be given the privilege of the floor without vote. In congregations with an alternate system of governance, individuals shall be named to represent the functions fulfilled by a Pastor-Parish Relation and Finance Committee and a Board of Trustees. Then it shall be in the language of theTransitional Book of Doctrines and Disciplinein effect at the time the charge was filed. Slaveholding: buying or selling slaves. As 2022 began much of the world was starting to breathe a little easier. People serving on this committee must be engaged in and attentive to their Christian spiritual development to give proper leadership in the committees responsibilities. c. The bishop shall serve as the chair of the committee. The Transitional Commission on Higher Education and Ministry will determine whether courses at a given institution meet the requirements listed in this paragraph. Two Sacraments are ordained by Christ our Lord, namely Baptism and the Lords Supper. Accept the authority of Scripture; be competent in the disciplines of Scripture, theology, church history and polity; possess the skills essential for the practice of ministry, and lead in making disciples of Jesus Christ. An appointment is finalized only when the bishop has fixed the appointment. Adopt or revise a statement of Our Social Witness, provided that such adoption or revision shall require a three-quarters vote of the convening General Conference. 3. The annual conference may add lay members of the annual conference who are serving in conference leadership positions.

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