MENTORING AND MENTORS
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conference after examination of their credentials by the bishop and Board of Ordained Ministry. Prior to admission to membership in the annual conference, such recognition of orders may be given upon recommendation of the bishop and Board of Ordained Ministry. 2. When the orders of an ordained minister of another church shall have been duly recognized, the certificates of ordination by said church shall be returned to the minister with the following inscription written plainly on the back: These orders are recognized by the _________ Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, this _____ day of __________ , _____ [year]. __________________________ , President __________________________ , Secretary The ordained minister also will be furnished with a certificate of recognition of orders signed by the bishop. Section XIII. Mentoring and Mentors ¶ 349. Mentors—1. Mentors shall be recommended by the cabinet, selected, trained and held accountable by the Board of Ordained Ministry. There are two categories of mentor, each with distinct functions and responsibilities as follows: a) Candidacy mentors are clergy in full connection, associate members, or local pastors who have completed the Course of Study trained to provide counsel and guidance related to the candidacy process. Candidates will be assigned to a candidacy mentoring group, wherever possible, or to a candidacy mentor by the district committee on ordained ministry in consultation with the vocational discernment coordinator (wherever named) and the district superintendent (¶ 310). Candidacy mentors will work with the candidate until that candidate begins serving in an appointive ministry as a local pastor or a commissioned minister. b) Clergy mentors are clergy in full connection, associate members, or full-time local pastors who have completed the Course of Study trained to provide ongoing oversight and counsel with local pastors and with provisional members pursuing ordained ministry. Local pastors will be assigned a clergy mentor by the district committee on ordained ministry in consultation with the district superintendent. Provisional members will 283
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