2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4. Minister and Marriage

4. Minister and Marriage

3108. Any minister who enters into a marriage relation contrary to the Scriptures, and to those expositions of Scripture as set forth in the Membership Commitments (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:265:5–7; cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:410:5–6), after having been ordained, commissioned or licensed, shall be dismissed from ministerial standing, provided that guilt shall be established in accord with the judicial processes set forth in The Discipline (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:5206–5212).

3111. In performing marriages, Wesleyan ministers shall not unite in marriage any person who is divorced, unless such divorce and remarriage is in keeping with the Scriptures and the Membership Commitments (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:265:5–7). In carrying out this duty, the minister shall be guided by the principles set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:410:6.

3112. In performing marriages, Wesleyan ministers shall not unite in marriage persons of the same gender.