2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Ministerial Education: Training outside The Wesleyan Church

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(4) Training Outside The Wesleyan Church. Some candidates for the ministry will have secured some or all of their higher education outside the institutions and agencies of The Wesleyan Church. In such a case, the district board of ministerial development shall forward copies of transcripts or other records of study to the Ministerial Study Course Agency so that it can carefully evaluate such work in terms of its equivalence to the ministerial courses of study of The Wesleyan Church, giving particular attention to the candidate’s qualifications in the areas of Wesleyan doctrine, history, and polity (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2388:4; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3033:3; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3059:1b; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3070:3; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3104:2). Subsequent to each evaluation and the report of the Ministerial Study Course Agency, the district board of ministerial development shall have the right to require additional work until it and the Agency are fully satisfied that all requirements for the Wesleyan ministry have been met. (Cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1390:2.)