Leadership: Clergy

Bishop Sally Dyck lays hands on new probationary clergy members Michelle Miller, Churho Lee and Robert Kopp. A UMNS photo by Jill Shirley.

Leadership

Can the pastor be the chairperson of a committee?

What are the pastor's voting privileges on committees?

Is the pastor a voting member of the board of trustees?

Is the pastor a member of the PPR committee?

Can the pastor-parish relations committee meet in closed session without the pastor?

Can a divorced person serve as clergy in The United Methodist Church?

Pastoral Appointments

Who makes the decision of whether we can replace our pastor? Is it the district superintendent, the bishop or a special committee?

Our pastor is being moved to another church. How is this decision made?

When a church gets a new pastor, is it responsible for the moving expenses of the pastor that is leaving or for the new pastor that is arriving?

Are the new pastoral appointments posted online?

Is it true that The United Methodist Church discourages pastors from having contact with members of congregations that they previously served?

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