Faith and Practice
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Part III: Friends Practices
Chapter 2—Pastoral Ministry
C. Unrecorded Pastors
In cases where it seems advisable for a meeting to employ as pastor a person who has not yet been , or for the Yearly Meeting Board of Spiritual Life Ministries to approve an unrecorded person for a special ministry, care should be taken that the gifts and spiritual maturity required for ministry are evident. The General Superintendent of the Yearly Meeting is then authorized to issue a Minister’s Certificate of Standing year by year. The certificate authorizes the pastor to fulfill the usual functions of a minister, including the performing of wedding ceremonies when proper arrangements have been made with the civil authorities.
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