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A Mennonite Polity for Ministerial Leadership: A Statement by the Joint Committee on Ministerial Leadership
A Mennonite Polity for Ministerial Leadership deals with the leadership structure at the center of congregational life. It addresses the relationship of ministerial leaders to congregations, conferences and denominations. For use by pastors and congregational leaders, this book can also be used for leadership training, churchwide discussion, and study in seminary courses. 152 pages.
148 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1996
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June 20, 2014
I am a pastor for a MC Canada congregation. Currently I am Licensed Toward Ordination, one stage in the ordination process.
I began reading MPML in hopes of gaining a clearer understanding of the ordination process as well as MC Canada/MCUSA polity in general. But MPML is anything but clear.
MPML arose during the merger between the Mennonite Church and the General Conference as an attempt to show how their established polities would mesh together. This results, however, in a text bogged in denominational jargon and intricacies. A newcomer to the MC Canada/MCUSA (like myself) has a difficult time finding their feet.
But even if you can wade through the jargon, the core of MPML offers less guidance or explanation than bare bones constitutional definition. I'm sure there's a needed place for this, but it certainly isn't on my bookshelf.
I'm looking forward to the forthcoming rework of MC Canada polity. Hopefully it will keep its users in mind more than its drafting committees.
I began reading MPML in hopes of gaining a clearer understanding of the ordination process as well as MC Canada/MCUSA polity in general. But MPML is anything but clear.
MPML arose during the merger between the Mennonite Church and the General Conference as an attempt to show how their established polities would mesh together. This results, however, in a text bogged in denominational jargon and intricacies. A newcomer to the MC Canada/MCUSA (like myself) has a difficult time finding their feet.
But even if you can wade through the jargon, the core of MPML offers less guidance or explanation than bare bones constitutional definition. I'm sure there's a needed place for this, but it certainly isn't on my bookshelf.
I'm looking forward to the forthcoming rework of MC Canada polity. Hopefully it will keep its users in mind more than its drafting committees.
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