The Orders of Ministry in the United Methodist Church
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: September 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780687092161
Subjects: Christian spiritual & Church leaders; Methodist Churches; Religion; Clergy; Religion - Ministry & Pastoral Resources; Christianity - Methodism; Christian Church - Church Administration; Christianity - Methodist; Leadership; Ordination; United Methodist Church (U.S.)
First sentence: After more than twenty years of ministry studies, the 1996 General Conference of The United Methodist Church approved a new ordering that includes some of the most significant changes in our polity since the original pattern for ordination was instituted in the Christmas Conference in 1784.