Sentences with phrase «ordination standards»
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA voted today in favor of changing ordination standards to remove language requiring ministers «live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness.»
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The 2010 - 2011 vote on the status of gay and lesbian persons in the ministries of the church was the fifth vote on ordination standards in the last fifteen years.
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Long the gold standard of seminary education, the Masters of Divinity degree is a requirement for ordination in many denominations.