4806. Restoration of an Elder's Credentials.-Credentials of an expelled elder cannot be restored until a previous restoration to membership in accordance with the provisions of the Discipline. (1888.) (¶¶323-327.) ¶807. Restoration of Credentials.-The recommendation for the restoration of the credentials of a deposed preacher must be from the Quarterly Conference of the charge in which he lives. (1899.) (¶¶323-327.) 9808. When a Conference May Restore the Credentials of a Preacher Who Has Withdrawn.—A traveling preacher withdrew from the ministry and membership of the Church, and surrendered his credentials. He was again admitted on trial, and subsequently the Annual Conference was requested to restore his credentials. The bishop decided, and the College approved, that his credentials could be restored by the Annual Conference, provided the requirements set forth in the chapter of the Discipline entitled, "The Deprivation and Restoration of Credentials," were met. (1911.) (¶¶323-327, 699.) ¶809. Deprivation of Credentials of Local Elders.A District Conference has no right to deprive a local elder of his credentials without trial; and such action is void. (1861.) (¶¶90, 192.) SECTION XVI RELATING TO MISSIONS 9810. Withholding Missionary Appropriations.Missionary money was appropriated to a pastoral charge. The presiding elder directed the stewards to make a pro rata division between the pastor and himself. Because of the absence of the pastor on account of sickness in his family, a supply was appointed. The following decisions were approved: 1. Only for the delinquency of the pastor can a pre siding elder withhold from the pastor any part of the mission funds appropriated to the charge. 2. A pastor not deserting or willfully neglecting his charge, who employs a brother in good standing to labor during his absence, forfeits nothing under the Discipline. 3. The failure of a pastor, present or absent, to do his work, because of the extreme sickness of his wife or child, is a "necessary" failure in the disciplinary sense; and his resumption of his work at the earliest practical time, in the absence of other proof, is evidence of his intention. 4. A presiding elder can make a pro rata division of the appropriated funds only among preachers placed by his decision or otherwise on the same basis. 5. A presiding elder is morally bound to refund money diverted by his act from its legitimate claimant. (1858.) (¶¶106 [31], 130, 137, 184.) ¶811. Distribution oj Missionary Funds.-A Conference Board of Missions has authority to determine whether an appropriation made by it to a mission shall be divided between the presiding elder and the preacher in charge, or the whole appropriation paid to the preacher in charge. (1894.) (¶106 [31].) ¶812. Appropriation of Missionary Funds. - An Annual Conference Board of Missions cannot appropriate any part of its funds to other than mission charges, known and recognized as missions on its minutes. (1890.) (¶476.) ¶813. Power of an Annual Conference Board of Missions. Unless given authority by the Conference, an Annual Conference Board of Missions cannot make an appropriation for the support of a preacher beyond its bounds; but two or more Annual Conferences can authorize their Boards of Missions to unite in establishing and maintaining a mission at an institution in which they have a common interest, and may unite in making appropriations for the support of a preacher or teacher or missionary in an institution already established where it is clear that the work cannot be properly done without such appropriation. (1920.) (¶¶476, 495.) 4814. What Credits Are Not Allowed.-The Treasurer of the General Board of Missions, in his account with an Annual Conference, may not credit that Conference with an amount raised within its limits for the support of a mission for which no estimate was made by the General Board, and which is consequently not embraced in the assessment made on that Conference for the support of its missions. (1892.) (¶¶467, 476.) SECTION XVII RELATING TO EDUCATION 1815. What Educational Institutions Belong to the Church? No educational institution can become the property of the Church till it is accepted by the Conference on the recommendation of the Board of Education. (1900.) (¶¶61, 156, 224, 459.) 4816. Institutions of Learning Under Care of the Conference. An institution of learning is under the care of the Annual Conference when it has been formally adopted by the vote of the Conference, independently of the question of the legal title of the property. (1893.) (¶¶61, 156, 224, 459.) 9817. Report of the Board of Education.-A report of the Annual Conference Board of Education may be amended by the Conference. (1902.) (¶¶52 [32], 458.) 4818. Special Donations for Education.-Special donations by a member or congregation to education cannot be credited on the regular assessment of the Conference unless paid to the Annual Conference Board of Education to be used for its appropriations. (1898.) (¶¶52 [32], 61, 459.) 4819. Educational Statistics.-The Annual Conference Board of Education should, in its report to the Conference, answer the question, "What are the educational statistics?" (1889.) (¶¶52 [32], 136, 458.) SECTION XVIII RELATING TO BOARD OF REFERENCE 4820. Board of Reference.-Less than three members cannot constitute a "board of reference" to act for two pastoral charges having claims on property. (¶239.) (1901.) ¶821. Equities in Parsonages.—A charge transferred from a district or circuit with a parsonage to which it has contributed, to another district or circuit without a parsonage, has a right to call for a "board of reference" to determine its equities, even though other charges involved in the readjustment of the district or circuit lines have set up no claim. (1914.) (¶239.) 9822. Equities in Parsonage Property, when General Conference Divides Charge.-The section of the Discipline entitled, "Of the Division, Transfer, or Sale of Church Property," having reference to the equities in parsonage property in cases in which the division of a pastoral charge has been effected, applied alike whether the division is made by the General Conference or by other authority. (1897.) (¶239.) 4823. Division of Pastoral Charge.-When a pastoral charge has been divided, and a "board of reference" has been created to arbitrate the rights and equities in the parsonage property, the board cannot, in the absence of evidence, assume that one of the subdivisions has no rights in the property, and decline to perform the function for which it was created. (1901.) (¶239.) CHAPTER XXVI COURSES OF STUDY* SECTION I EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS 9824. The College of Bishops shall prescribe courses of study for the following: (1) Candidates for license to preach; (2) applicants for recommendation for admission on trial; (3) local preachers; (4) itinerant preachers; (5) Biblical and theological courses for candidates for admission on trial; and shall quadrennially review the courses and make such changes as it deems advisable. The requirements for admission on trial into the traveling connection, so far as academic training is concerned, shall be at least two years of work in a standard college, or its equivalent: provided, that under special conditions, clearly recognized as unusual, the Annual Conference may by a two-thirds vote admit a candidate who does not meet this academic standing, in which case the Presiding Elder or the Committee on Admissions shall furnish to the Conference a statement of particulars showing definitely in what respects the case is special and unusual; and provided, further, that this requirement shall not apply to the Indian and Mexican preachers; and provided, further, that a two-year period of grace (from 1926) be extended all candidates, but that at the expiration of such period of grace these advanced standards are to be strictly enforced. ¶825. All ministerial candidates are strongly urged *The courses of study indicated herein are adopted for the Conference year 1926-27 only. |