Local Pastor
M’am, may I see your credentials?
What is a license to preach or license for pastoral ministry?
Four areas of service
What is Service, Word, Compassion and Justice?
Moving from place to place as appointed by Bishop and Cabinet
What is itinerant?
Person who lays on hands during ordination
Who is the bishop?
Priesthood of All Believers
What is everyone is called?
No seminary? No problem!
What is course of study?
44% of deacons work here
What is outside the local church?
Ability to set the rules/law of the church and clergy issues
What are full voting right?
Two types of clergy ordained in the United Methodist Church
What are Deacons and Elders?
Hanging with others who heard God’s voice
What is Orientation to Ministry?
Local bread, wine and sprinkles
What are the sacramental rights of local pastors?
Popular metaphor for deacons; Brooklyn has one
What is a bridge between the church and the world?
List of questions asked of those seeking ordination and name of what they voted into
What is Historical Examination/voted into full connection?
Place where ordination is typically held and voting done
What is Annual Conference?
"Have you ever considered being a preacher?"
What is affirmation by others?
LLPs perform all the duties of a pastor for this group of people
What is "the people within or related to the community or ministry setting being served"; their specific place of appointment only
Schools, churches, agencies, hospitals, non-profit agencies and more!
What are examples of deacon appointments?
These are guaranteed to those who are elders in full connection
What are appointments and minimal salary?
The group of clergy ordained into this relationship
What is an order?
time, patience, prayer, study, and conferencing
What is discernment of call?
Tenured LLP
Associate membership
Established the Order of the Deacons
What is the 1996 General Conference?
Four-fold ministry of an Elder
What is Word, Order, Sacrament, and Service?
mentoring through call, SPRC vote, DCOM interview, seminary, applications, psychological evaluations, physical evaluation, Theological questions, Fruitfulness projects, homework, sermon on prevenient grace, Mission field presentation, SPRC evaluations, self evaluation, RIM retreats with homework, more paperwork, voting by clergy session, commissioning, possibly rewriting, BOM interviews multiple times, and two years of consecutive ministry
What are “hoops” to jump through for ordination in full connection? ie. requirements
unique
What is everyone's calling?