2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3430:1

(1) To enroll in the course of study for lay ministers under the Ministerial Study Course Agency (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3210:4), and to pursue it with all diligence until completed, either through a program of ministerial training at one of the Wesleyan educational institutions or through correspondence courses from the Ministerial Study Course Agency. Any training taken outside The Wesleyan Church shall be carefully evaluated by the Ministerial Study Course Agency which shall have authority to determine to what extent it may be credited toward the prescribed study course (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3170:4).