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Exceptions to this requirement may be made by the District Ministerial Credentials Board or District Board of Ministry provided the candidate is pastoring an organized church and is registered in a system of approved studies, and provided the candidate annually fulfills the minimum amount of studies required by the Manual for the renewal of a license, and provided the district superintendent approves the exception.

The minister must have completed the equivalent of one-fourth of a validated course of study in the Church of the Nazarene.

in case of a previous divorce, the recommendation of the District Ministerial Credentials Board or District Board of Ministry along with supporting documents will be given to the Board of General Superintendents, which may remove this as a barrier to pursuing a license.

have had any disqualification, which may have been imposed by a district assembly, removed by an explanation in writing by the district superintendent and the District Advisory Board of the district where the disqualification was imposed and provided further that their marriage relationship does not render them ineligible for a district license and.

have promised to pursue immediately a validated course of study prescribed for licensed ministers and candidates for ordination.have been carefully examined, under the direction of the district assembly of the district within the bounds of which they hold their church membership, regarding their spiritual, intellectual, and other fitness for such work, including appropriate background checks as determined by the District Advisory Board.have given evidence of grace, gifts, and usefulness.have been recommended for such work by the church board of the local church of which they are members, to which recommendation shall be attached the Application for a District Minister’s License carefully filled in.have completed one-fourth of a validated course of study for ministers, and can demonstrate appreciation, comprehension, and application of the Manual and history of the Church of the Nazarene, and of the doctrine of holiness, by successfully completing the related portions of a validated course of study.have held a local minister’s license for one full year.When members of the Church of the Nazarene acknowledge a call to a lifetime of ministry, they may be licensed as ministers by the district assembly provided they: