2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Lay minister: Regulations for

3440. Regulations for a Lay Minister.

(1) A lay minister has no authority to solemnize marriages or to administer the sacraments, except as provided for in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3260:2, nor any vote in the local board of administration nor in the district conference unless elected thereto.

(2) A lay minister is amenable to the local church conference, and the license may be revoked by the authorized body for cause or when the best interests of the church so require (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:655:7; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:782:20).

(3) A lay minister who transfers membership may also ask for a letter of standing as a lay minister (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:6220), and present it to the pastor of the church to which transfer is sought for consideration by the local board of administration there in issuing a new license.