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ADOPTED BY THE 75TH INTERNATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY: 32.  GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICANTS FOR MINISTRY

That we amend page 147, S55. APPLICANTS FOR MINISTRY, IV. General Requirements of Applicants for Ministry, Item 5 by striking 

5. All applicants for the ministry should be actively engaged either in evangelistic or pastoral work, before being recommended for the ministry (46th A., 1956, p. 26).

and inserting, in ministry before being recommended for credentialed ministry,

so as to read: All applicants for the ministry should be actively engaged in ministry before being recommended for credentialed ministry.

INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENTS (p. 47)
In the process of credentialing ministers, this would allow them to get their experience requirements as a chaplain in addition to ministry in a local church. This is long overdue; chaplaincy is too important to leave those called to it “outside the gates” of ordination,

writes Don Warrington. This is not a requirement for chaplains alone. It clearly communicates a general direction within the denomination to involve younger ministers in the credentialing process. Otherwise, congregations with younger pastors remain without a voice at the General Assembly. Don Warrington explains further:

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICANTS FOR MINISTRY (p. 49)
This requires that our ministers, in the process of their credentialing, actually “agree with and adhere to the Teachings and Doctrines as set forth by the International General Assembly of the Church of God” rather than just “inform themselves in the Teachings and Doctrines…” Refugees from the Episcopal Church and other Main Line churches will get a chuckle