2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Letters: Transfer for special worker

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(1) If a minister desires to accept a pastoral call from a church within the bounds of another district, or if a minister not serving as a pastor desires to transfer ministerial membership to another district, the minister must first obtain the written permission of the General Superintendent and the district superintendent over the district into which transfer is desired (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:313:6; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1310:21). When such has been obtained, the minister shall ask the district superintendent for a letter of transfer (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:6440; cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1310:29) to be sent directly to the district superintendent of the district into which transfer is desired (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3055:3). The minister shall continue to be considered as a member of the former district until a reply has been received from the district to which application has been made stating that the minister has been duly enrolled as a member of the district conference (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:6450; cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1310:29). To avoid dual listings, ministers receiving appointment by the receiving district conference prior to completion of enrollment shall be listed in that district conference journal as an ordained, commissioned or licensed minister Pending Completion of District Transfer (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1240:I:F; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1240:II:D; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1240:III:C).

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(5) If a minister leaves for parts unknown or fails to submit the annual service report (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1402; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3059:4c; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3089:3), the district board of administration may recommend and the district conference may order that the minister be declared withdrawn (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3040; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3120; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3124).

(6) No letters of transfer or standing shall be granted to any minister by a district superintendent until satisfactory evidence is given by the applicant that no outstanding debts are unprovided for, and that the minister has honorably withdrawn from the contract for service with the church or district.

6440. District Letter of Transfer (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3100:1; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3480).

To the superintendent of the ___________________ District of The Wesleyan Church.

This certifies that _______________ is a(n) ______________* in good standing in the _________________ District of The Wesleyan Church, and, having requested a transfer, is hereby transferred and recommended to your district, subject to the action of said district.

By the authority and in behalf of the _________________ District of The Wesleyan Church, this ______ day of __________, A.D. ________.

________________________ District Superintendent

The person for whom the letter is granted shall continue as a member of the district granting the letter until the district receiving the letter replies on form 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:6450.

(*Insert the proper term, namely appointed ordained minister, ordained minister on reserve, ordained minister on educational leave, retired ordained minister, ordained minister without appointment, commissioned minister, licensed minister, ministerial student, commissioned special worker or licensed special worker. If licensed special worker, add the particular type of service, such as licensed special worker—director of music, director of spiritual formation, youth director, song evangelist, children’s worker, spouse in ministry, lay evangelist or social worker. If the person being transferred is a licensed minister or licensed special worker, the transfer is not valid unless accompanied by a properly attested statement of standing in the course of study and of the person’s service record in the district.)