2016 Wesleyan Discipline:General Conference Duties Regarding Elections

Elections

(16) To elect by ballot and by majority vote, from among the ordained ministers of The Wesleyan Church, one General Superintendent. The General Board shall determine a process for the collection of names of eligible candidates for the office of General Superintendent. The General Board shall screen the list of candidates and interview those believed to be the best candidates in order to determine their appropriateness and availability for election. The General Board shall provide one or more nominations to the General Conference for election by ballot, allowing for nominations from the floor.

(17) To elect the following general officials by ballot and by majority vote, from one or more nominees for each office presented by the Committee on Special Nominations (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1580:1) and any additional nominations from the floor of the General Conference: the Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship, the Executive Director of Communication and Administration, the Executive Director of Education and Clergy Development, and Executive Director of Global Partners.

(18) To elect by majority vote three ordained ministers and three lay members from each of the representative areas (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2430-2445) as members of the General Board (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1605:2), who shall be nominated by an area caucus. Area caucuses shall be held simultaneously at a time decided upon by the General Conference, for each of which a chair shall be appointed by the presiding officer. In an area caucus, the delegates of each district and provisional district which comprise the representative area shall nominate three ordained ministers and three lay members of that area, by ballot and by majority vote, as their area representatives on the General Board.

(19) To elect by majority vote, from nominees submitted by the Committee on Special Nominations or made from the floor, five ordained ministers and four lay members as members of the Board of Review, and four ordained ministers and three lay members as alternate members (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1580:2; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:5400:3; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:5405).

(20) To confer the title General Superintendent Emeritus upon a former General Superintendent when recommended by the General Board (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1945).