Table of Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................2

 

Chapter 1: Formation .................................................................................................5

 

Chapter 2: Candidacy .................................................................................................10

 

Chapter 3: Transfer Clergy ............................................................................…...........14

 

Chapter 4: Teaching Churches and Advising and Supervising Clergy.............…...16

 

Chapter 5: Ordination ................................................................................…...............…21
 
Chapter 6: Licensing for Ordained Clergy ....................................................…...........24
 
Chapter 7: The Ministry of UFMCC Clergy ...............................................…...............28
 
Chapter 8: Leaving Active Ministry ................................................................…............31

 

Chapter 9: Discipline of UFMCC Clergy .............................................................…......34

 

Forms ......................................................................................…..........................Appendix

 

Introduction

 

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of the one who called you out of the shadows into God’s marvelous light.  Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.                                                                                 -- 1 Peter 2: 9-10

 

The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, in affirming the priesthood of all believers, calls us all to the task of proclaiming the mighty acts of God who has called us to freedom.  All members of the church are called as ministers of Christ in the church and in the world.

 

Article IV of the UFMCC Bylaws defines the ministry and responsibilities of the Clergy as:

 

1.      CLERGY: Clergy are members of the People of God, called by God, authorized and legally recognized by the UFMCC to serve among the people as professional ministers of the Word and Sacraments.