ARTICLE IX - ORDINATION

SECTION 1 - ORDINATION QUALIFICATIONS

Any member of this church or its mission churches, who gives evidence of a genuine call of God into the work of the ministry and possesses the qualifications stated in I Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:6-9, may be ordained as a minister of the Gospel.

SECTION 2 - ORDINATION PROCEDURE

  1. Upon a conference with the pastor and after the pastor has approved the candidate for ordination, the pastor shall call a council to examine and pass on the qualification of the candidate. The ordination council shall consist of ordained ministers of like faith invited to participate in the examination of the candidate.

  2. If the candidate is found worthy of the ordination by the council, the ordination council may ordain the candidate on behalf of the church.

  3. The pastor and the chairman of the deacons shall arrange for the ordination service.