In this installment of Ask The UMC Shorts, the Rev. Taylor Burton Edwards explains the clergy appointment process in The United Methodist Church. Learn about the ways vacancies in church appointments are filled as well as the critical roles of the annual conference and local church leadership in the process.
Ask The UMC Shorts is a collection of brief videos answering frequently asked questions about The United Methodist Church. Each episode is 3-6 minutes long. If you have a question you’d like us to address, send it to at AskTheUMC@umc.org, and it may become the topic of a future episode.