Illinois Great Rivers Conference 2025 Journal-Yearbook
ing an appointment for the first time or after a period of absence from the pastoral ministry of the IGRC. c) This training will be offered in a reasonable period of time (generally to take place at least within the first year of the new appointment/as- signment). Funding for this training shall come from the Ministerial Education Fund unless otherwise provided for by the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry. d) Categories of persons required to attend: elders and deacons in full connection, associate members, provisional members, full-time local pastors, part-time local pastors, student local pastors, retired clergy serving local churches, certified lay ministers, certified lay servants and lay speakers serving as supply or in a regular preaching rotation in a church or charge, diaconal ministers under appointment, diaconal min- isters seeking appointment, clergy from other denominations serving as supply, and any others deemed by the cabinet to need training. e) Frequency of training: A quadrennial training event shall be held in the first year of each new quadrennium (2025, 2029, 2033, etc.). All persons in the categories named in (3.d) shall be required to attend. Each year thereafter training events shall be held only for newly appointed persons named in the categories of (3.d). f) Attendance at a training event shall be recorded by the Board of Or- dained Ministry and reported to each person’s district superintendent and shall be kept in the personnel file of pastors, deacons, and diaconal ministers, and in a separate attendance file for certified lay servants and lay speakers. Excused absences may be granted only by the superin- tendent of record and only in cases of extreme personal or pastoral emergency in consultation with the district superintendent. Only one opportunity for make-up shall be granted. Persons unable to attend a training event shall be required to attend the succeeding annual event. g) This additional item is provided for information only. Consequences of non-compliance: Should any person listed in the categories of (3.d) fail to attend the quadrennial event and further fail to attend the succeeding annual event (as the “make-up” training), or if a newly-appointed person shall fail to attend the first or second annual event following his/her appointment, the superintendent of record shall initiate a supervisory response which may include filing a complaint on behalf of the cabinet. In the case of any supply pastor or lay speaker, the district superinten- dent shall engage such persons in a supervisory conversation. As a result such persons may be relieved of responsibilities if unjustified non-com- pliance has been determined by the district superintendent. h) Attendance shall be granted only for those persons present for the dura- tion of an event. Partial attendance shall not be recognized, and such persons shall be required to attend the next annual event. VI. LOCAL CHURCH MATTERS A. Setting the Minister’s Salary: The pastor’s salary shall be set on the basis of a full calendar year and become effective on January 1, following the setting of the salary by the Charge Conference. B. Local Church Fiscal and Expense Items 1. All treasurers of local churches shall maintain a separate account in the name
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