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[quote=Anonymous]I do not know of the circumstances with this church, and I am not from this area, but I have sat on the Commission on Ministry in two of our UCC conferences. A situational support consultation can be, and often is, the mechanism used to resolve church conflicts. A fitness review is conducted when there is concern for the clergyperson's professional ethics and fitness for ministry. The second process is not entered into without a significant concern that has caused the COM to recommend this process rather than a situational support consultation. The UCC does not revoke a clergy person's ordination, per se. BUT the decision can be to revoke the clergyperson's ecclesiastical standing in the denomination which means they are unable to serve in any UCC ministry going forward. This can be a permanent severing of ties with the denomination. Or there can be a suspension which is a temporary time of separation and means that a plan has likely been initiated leading Eventually to restoration of the ecclesiastical standing. This process often does indeed lead to the full restoration of ecclesiastical standing.[/quote]

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