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Proposed Amendments
G-14.0515
b. The designation of parish
Designation associate shall be made under
made under the supervision of the committee
supervision on
ministry at the request of the
of Committee session of a particular church, and the
on Ministry consent of the parish associate,
and the approval of their respective
Presbytery, aligned with the same
Primary Synod (Auburn or Westminster)
as the congregation (parish). No formal
call shall be involved. Any change in
relationship
must be approved by
their respective Presbytery. Ordinarily
no more than one parish associate will
be related to a particular church.
Annual
c. The committee on ministry shall
Review
review the designation once each year
to
insure
(1) that the time and energy required
as
a parish associate will not interfere
unduly with the work of the person in
his or her principal function;
(2) that installed leadership of
the particular church be protected
in its effective functioning;
(3) that the parish associate continue
to meet the criteria for continuing
membership
in their respective
Presbytery, aligned with the same
Primary
Synod (Westminster or
Auburn), as the congregation, based
on other than the relationship to a
particular church.
Termination d. The agreement between the session,
of
the parish associate, and their respective
Relationship Presbytery, aligned
with the same Primary
Synod (Auburn or Westminster) as the
congregation,
shall terminate when the
call to the installed pastor is dissolved.
Their respective Presbytery may dissolve
the relationship with the parish associate
upon the recommendation of the
committee on ministry.
G-14.0516 (Unchanged)
G-14.0517 a. A call to a validated ministry in other
Validated service of this church, or in service beyond
Ministry: Call, the jurisdiction of the church, shall
Installation, ordinarily
be in a form which includes a
Recognition. description of the goals and working
relationships,
financial terms, and the
signatures of the minister, a representative
of their respective Presbytery, and,
where possible, a representative of the
employing agency.
b. It is appropriate for their respective
Presbytery to conduct a service of
installation, or a service of recognition,
at the inauguration of this ministry.
G-14.0601 The
pastoral relationship between a
Dissolution pastor, associate pastor,
and a church
of Pastoral may be dissolved by their respective
Relationships
Presbytery, aligned with the same
by Presbytery Primary Synod as the congregation
(Westminster or Auburn), in
accordance
with that Primary
Synod's guidelines.
G-14.0602 The minister may request
their
Request by respective Presbytery to dissolve
Minister
the pastoral relationship. The
minister
must also state her or
his intention to the session. In
the case of a pastor or associate
pastor, the session shall call a
congregational meeting to act
upon the request and to make
recommendations to their
respective Presbytery, aligned
with the same Primary Synod
(Auburn or Westminster), as
the congregation. Their
respective Presbytery may grant
authority to its committee on
ministry
to dissolve the
pastoral relationship and to
inform their respective
Presbytery in cases in which
the congregation and the
pastor concur. If the
congregation does not
concur, their respective
Presbytery shall hear from the
church, through the congregation's
elected commissioners, the
reasons why their respective
Presbytery
should not dissolve
the pastoral relationship. if the
church fails to appear, or if its
reasons for retaining the
relationship are judged
insufficient, the request of the
minister may be granted and
the pastoral relationship
dissolved.
G-14.0603 If any church desires the pastoral
Request
by relationship to be dissolved, a
Congregation similar procedure
shall be observed.
A congregation, after a duly called
congregational meeting, may request
that their respective Presbytery, aligned
with the same Primary Synod as the
congregation (Westminster or
Auburn), dissolve its relationship
with its pastor. The pastor shall
moderate
the congregational
meeting unless he or she deems
it to be impractical. Their respective
Presbytery may grant authority to
its
committee on ministry to dissolve
the relationship and to inform their
respective Presbytery in cases in which
the
pastor and the congregation concur.
If the pastor does not concur, their
respective Presbytery, shall hear
from him or her the reasons why their
respective Presbytery should not
dissolve the relationship. If the
pastor
fails to appear, or the reasons
for maintaining the relationship are
judged insufficient, the relationship
may
be dissolved.
G-14.0604 (Unchanged)
G-14.0605 When
any pastor or associate pastor
Pastor
retires, and the congregation is moved
Emeritus, by affection and
gratitude to continue
Emerita an association in an
honorary relationship,
it may, at a regularly called congregational
meeting, elect him or her as pastor
emeritus or emerita, with or without
honorarium, but with no pastoral
authority or duty . This action shall be
taken
only after consultation with the
committee on ministry of their respective
Presbytery concerning the wisdom of
this relationship for the peace of the
church. This action shall be subject
to the approval of their respective
Presbytery, aligned with the same
Primary Synod as the congregation
(Auburn or Westminster), and may
take effect upon the formal
dissolution of the pastoral or
associate pastoral relationship
or anytime thereafter.
G-14.0606 (Unchanged)
Officiate
by
Invitation
Only
G-14.0607 (Unchanged)
G-14.0701 a. (Unchanged)
Christian
Educators b. (Unchanged)
c. Christian educators shall be
persons
with skills and training
in biblical interpretation, Reformed
theology, human development,
religious education theory and
practice, and the polity, programs,
and mission of the Presbyterian
Church
(U.S.A.). Christian
educators
shall be encouraged
by their session and their
respective Presbytery, which is
aligned with the same Primary
Synod (Auburn or Westminster) as
their congregation, to be
prepared
to meet, the
certification
requirements
of
their Primary Synod
(Westminster or Auburn).
G-14.0702 (Unchanged)
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