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The BOOK of 2001 DISCIPLINE The BOOK of DISCIPLINE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN NORTHERN EUROPE 2001 1 The BOOK of DISCIPLINE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN NORTHERN EUROPE 2001 Name of the original edition: Edited by the Northern Europe Central Con- “The Book of Discipline of The United Meth- ference, odist Church 2000” Metodistkirkens biskopskontor, Postboks 2689 St. Hanshaugen, Copyright © 2000 by N-0131 OSLO Norway The United Methodist Publishing House Copyright © 2003 by The United Methodist Adapted by the 2001 Central Conference in Chruch in Northern Europe Karis, Finland All rights reserved. ISBN 82-8100-001-5 — The book of discipline of the UMC in Northern Europe , CD-rom. The Northern Europe Central Conference has two Episcopal Areas, the Nordic and Baltic Area (Denmark, Finland Finnish, Finland Swedish, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden) Bishop: Øystein Olsen, and the Euro-Asian Area (Kazakhstan, Moldavia, Russia, and Ukraine) Bishop: Rüdiger Minor. Bishop Øystein Olsen Bishop Rüdiger Minor Metodistkirkens biskopskontor, Global Ministries, Postboks 2689 St. Hanshaugen, c/o POST INTERNATIONAL, INC N-0131 OSLO Norway Box 257, 2 Gales Gardens Birkbeck St, LONDON E2 0EJ Telephone +47- 23 20 10 60, ENGLAND Fax +47-23 20 14 10. e-mail: [email protected] Telephone +7 095 915 1832 Fax + 7 095 915 1838 e-mail: [email protected] 2 Contents EPISCOPAL GREETINGS ............................................................................... 7 LIST OF BISHOPS ........................................................................................... 9 HISTORICAL STATEMENT........................................................................... 17 METHODISM IN NORTHERN EUROPE .................................................... 24 Part I — THE CONSTITUTION...................................................................... 31 PREAMBLE .....................................................................................................31 DIVISION ONE—GENERAL ..........................................................................31 DIVISION TWO — ORGANIZATION ........................................................... 33 Section I. Conferences ................................................................................... 33 Section II. General Conference ..................................................................... 33 Section III. Restrictive Rules ......................................................................... 35 Section IV. Jurisdictional Conferences ......................................................... 35 Section V. Central Conferences ..................................................................... 36 Section VI. Annual Conferences .................................................................... 36 Section VII. Boundaries................................................................................. 38 Section VIII. District Conferences ................................................................ 39 Section IX. Charge Conferences .................................................................... 39 DIVISION THREE—EPISCOPAL SUPERVISION ....................................... 39 DIVISION FOUR—THE JUDICIARY ............................................................41 DIVISION FIVE—AMENDMENTS ............................................................... 42 Part II — DOCTRINAL STANDARDS AND OUR THEOLOGICAL TASK ... 43 ¶ 101. SECTION 1—OUR DOCTRINAL HERITAGE .................................... 43 ¶ 102. SECTION 2—OUR DOCTRINAL HISTORY ...................................... 48 ¶ 103. SECTION 3—OUR DOCTRINAL STANDARDS AND GENERAL RULES ............................................................................................................ 54 The Articles of Religion of the Methodist Church ..................................... 54 The Confessionof Faith of the Evangelical United Brethren Church ....... 58 The Nature, Design, and General Rules of Our United Societies ..............61 ¶ 104. SECTION 4—OUR THEOLOGICAL TASK ........................................ 63 Part II — THE MINISTRY OF ALL CHRISTIANS ........................................ 71 THE MISSION AND MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH .................................... 71 Section I. The Churches .................................................................................. 71 Section II. The Ministry of All Christians ..................................................... 72 Section III. Servant Ministry and Servant Leadership................................. 73 Section IV. Servant Ministry ......................................................................... 74 Section V. Servant Leadership ...................................................................... 74 Section VI. Called to Inclusiveness ............................................................... 75 Section VII. The Fulfillment of Ministry Through The UMC....................... 75 Part IV — SOCIAL PRINCIPLES .....................................................................77 PREFACE ........................................................................................................77 PREAMBLE .....................................................................................................77 ¶ 160. I. THE NATURAL WORLD ................................................................. 77 ¶ 161. II. THE NURTURING COMMUNITY................................................. 79 ¶ 162. III. THE SOCIAL COMMUNITY ........................................................ 83 ¶ 163. IV. THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY .................................................. 89 ¶ 164. V. THE POLITICAL COMMUNITY .....................................................91 ¶ 165. VI. THE WORLD COMMUNITY ........................................................ 93 ¶ 166. VII. OUR SOCIAL CREED .................................................................. 95 3 ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION — Chapter One THE LOCAL CHURCH .................................................................................. 97 Section I. The Church and Pastoral Charge .................................................. 97 Section II. Cooperative Parish ....................................................................... 98 Section III. Ecumenical Shared Ministries ................................................... 99 Section IV. Churches in Transitional Communities ................................... 100 Section V. Church Membership ................................................................... 101 The Meaning of Membership .................................................................... 101 Admission into the Church....................................................................... 103 Affiliate and Associate Membership ........................................................ 105 Care of Members ....................................................................................... 105 Membership Records and Reports ...........................................................107 Changes in Church Membership or Local Church Membership ............ 108 Section VI. Organization and Administration ......................................... 109 The Charge Conference ............................................................................. 110 The Church Council ................................................................................... 115 Specialized Ministries ................................................................................ 116 Administrative Committees ..................................................................... 120 Section VII. The Method of Organizing a New Local Church .....................124 Section VIII. Transfer of a Local Church .....................................................126 Section IX. Protection of Rights of Congregations ......................................126 Section X. Special Sundays ...........................................................................126 Section XI. lay speaker Ministries ................................................................126 Chapter Two — THE MINISTRY OF THE ORDAINED ...............................129 Section I. The Meaning of Ordination and Conference Membership .........129 Section II. Candidacy for Licensed and Ordained Ministry ........................ 131 Section III. Clergy Orders in The United Methodist Church ......................134 Section IV. The Commissioned Minister as Probationary Member ........... 135 Section V. The Ordained Deacon in Full Connection ..................................139 Section VI. The Ordained Elder in Full Connection ....................................144 Admission and Continuance of Full Membership in the Annual Conf....144 Section VII. Appointments to Various Ministries ...................................... 148 Section VIII. Appointments to Extension Ministries .................................. 152 Section IX. Clergy from Other Annual Conferences, Other Methodist and Christian Denominations ............................................................................. 155 Section X. License for Pastoral Ministry......................................................158 Section XI. Mentoring and Mentors ............................................................ 161 Section XII. Evaluation for Continuing Formation for Full Members and Local Pastors .................................................................................................162 Section XIII. Changes of Conference Relationship .....................................163 Section XIV.
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