Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
United Methodist Church (U.S.). Ministry Study Committee
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Description area
Dates of existence
1980-1984
History
The Ministry Study Committee was formed by the General Conference in 1980 to study the nature and ordering of ordained ministry in the United Methodist Church. Under the chairmanship of E. Dale Dunlap, the committee was assigned to function under the Board of Higher Education and Ministry, and instructed to have a report prepared for legislative action at the General Conference of 1984. Though the Committee's report was approved by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry, the General Conference voted it down, and voted for a new commission to continue to study the problem over the next quadrennium.