THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
CHARGE CONFERENCE OR EQUIVALENT BODY RECOMMENDATION
Form 104
I hereby declare my candidacy for licensed or ordained (circle one) ministry in The United Methodist Church and
request the support and recommendation of the Charge Conference or equivalent body as specified by the district
committee on ordained ministry for certification as a candidate for:
Order of Deacons: ________ Order of Elders: ________ License as Local Pastor: ________
Name:__________________________________________ Date: __________________________
(Signature of the Declared Candidate)
CHARGE CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATION (or equivalent body)
Let those who consider recommending persons for candidacy as ministers in The United Methodist Church ask
themselves the following questions which were first asked by John Wesley at the third conference of Methodist
preachers in 1746 (The Book of Discipline, ¶310).
Do they know God as a pardoning God? Have they the love of God abiding in them? Do they desire nothing but
God? Are they holy in all manner of conversation?
Have they gifts, as well as evidence of God’s grace, for the work? Have they a clear, sound understanding; a right
judgment in the things of God; a just conception of salvation by faith? Do they speak justly, readily, clearly?
Have they fruit? Have any been truly convinced of sin and converted to God, and are believers edified by their
service?
Believing that ____________________________ is called of God and is a suitable candidate for licensed or
ordained ministry in The United Methodist Church, _____________________________ (the recommending
body) recommends him/her for certification as a candidate to the District Committee on Ordained Ministry. In
making this recommendation, we attest to the fact that the declared candidate has been a professing member in
good standing of The United Methodist Church or a baptized participant of a recognized United Methodist
campus ministry or other United Methodist ministry setting for a minimum of one (1) year, has graduated from an
accredited high school or received a certificate of equivalency, and has received by written ballot a two-thirds
vote of this body.
Name: _________________________________________ Date: __________________________
(Signature of authorized elder, district superintendent, or bishop)
Conference: __________________________________ District: ______________________________
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