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{{:Index A}}
== A ==
{{:Index B}}
[[Index]]
{{:Index C}}
 
{{:Index D}}
 
{{:Index E}}
{|
{{:Index F}}
|Abandoned church property||4730
{{:Index G}}
|-
{{:Index H}}
|Abortion||410:11
{{:Index I}}
|-
{{:Index J}}
|Absentee ballots||695
{{:Index K}}
|-
{{:Index L}}
|Abstinence: From Alcoholic Beverages||265:4; 410:4
{{:Index M}}
|-
{{:Index N}}
|Abstinence: From astrology||265:2
{{:Index O}}
|-
{{:Index P}}
|Abstinence: From food||265:9
{{:Index Q}}
|-
{{:Index R}}
|Abstinence: From gambling||265:4
{{:Index S}}
|-
{{:Index T}}
|Abstinence: From harmful drugs||265:4; 410:4
{{:Index U}}
|-
{{:Index V}}
|Abstinence: From spiritism||265:2
{{:Index W}}
|-
{{:Index Y}}
|Abstinence: From tobacco||265:4; 410:4
{{:Index Z}}
|-
|Abstinence: From witchcraft|| 265:2
|-
|Abuse||265:7
|-
|Accusation: Proper form and handling||5002:3–4; 5022; 5206
|-
|Accusation: Withdrawal of members when under||592; 5048
|-
|Action committee, district||1165–1168
|-
|Adjunct entities||4370
|-
|Administration, General Board of:||SEE General Board
|-
|Administrators, ministers serving as,||3320
|-
|Admonition||5023:1, 5115
|-
|Adoption||230
|-
|Adult committee, local Christian education||878
|-
|Adultery, basis for divorce||265:6
|-
|Advisory committee, pastor’s||795
|-
|Advisory council: Circuit||530
|-
|Advisory council: Developing church||510:3
|-
|Affiliate church||548, 7000–7035, Appendix C
|-
|Africa||17:3; 18; 33; 35; 80
|-
|Africa Evangelistic Mission||33
|-
|Agreement, pastoral||313:3; 315:2; 323:1–2; 697
|-
|Alabama||SEE South Costal district
|-
|Alaska||SEE Northwest district
|-
|Alberta||SEE Central Canada district
|-
|Alcoholic beverages||265:4; 410:4
|-
|Alliance of the Reformed Baptist Church of Canada, The||17:3
|-
|Alternate delegates: To Board of Review||5405
|-
|Alternate delegates: To District Conference||1106
|-
|Alternate delegates: To General Conference||1516–1518
|-
|Ancestry, discrimination forbidden,||360:3(d)
|-
|Andover, MA.||7
|-
|Annual budget: District||1180:16; 1233:18
|-
|Annual budget: General Church||1655:23; 2050
|-
|Annual budget: Local||655:12; 782:31
|-
|Annual calendar of events, local||782:7
|-
|Annual church meeting||625–655
|-
|Annual conference||SEE district conference
|-
|Annual service report||1402
|-
|Annuities||475; 2050:5
|-
|Antigua||35
|-
|Appeal, judicial: District conference’s right of||1180:41
|-
|Appeal, judicial: District member’s right of||323:6
|-
|Appeal, judicial: Members’ right of||302:4
|-
|Appeal, judicial: Minister’s right of|| 313:7
|-
|Appeal on questions of order: In district conference||1144
|-
|Appeal on questions of order: In General Conference||1550
|-
|Appointed ordained ministers||317; 1240:1; 3250–3390
|-
|Appointments, ministerial||3250–3390
|-
|Area representatives on General Board||340:1; 1605:2
|-
|Areas: Educational||1590:14; 2371–2374; 2450–2470
|-
|Areas: Representative||1590:12; 2430–2445
|-
|Arizona||SEE Pacific Southwest district and Southwest Hispanic district
|-
|Arkansas||SEE Tri-State district
|-
|Articles of Religion||210–250; cf. 297:3; 553:1 Summary of, 299
|-
|Assistant: District superintendent||1320–1327
|-
|Assistant: Pastor||678; 725:29; 741
|-
|Assistant: Treasurer, local||845:1
|-
|Associate pastor||678; 725:29; 738
|-
|Assurance: Doctrine of||230
|-
|Assurance: John Wesley’s search for||2
|-
|Astrology, abstain from||265:2
|-
|Atlantic district||2403:1; 2435; 2460
|-
|Atonement, Article of Religion||226
|-
|Audiovisuals, local||880:13
|-
|Audit, GB ordered||1655:20; 4320:7
|-
|Auditing committee, auditor: District||1340
|-
|Auditing committee, auditor: Local church||800:2; 863
|-
|Australia||18; 80
|-
|Authority, For church law||185
|-
|Auxiliaries: Annual audit||1655:20
|-
|Auxiliaries: Election of boards, trustees, managers||1655:19
|-
|Auxiliaries: Financial policies||1655:23
|-
|Auxiliaries: Financial support||2050:4
|-
|Auxiliaries: Official policies||1655:27
|-
|Auxiliaries: Overall correlation||1785:3
|-
|} 
 
== B ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Backsliding possible||234
|-
|Baptism: Administrants of||313:1; 3044:1; 3059:2(a); 3075:1
|-
|Baptism: Articles of Religion||242
|-
|Baptism: Believers||290; 5515
|-
|Baptism: Children||290; 5510
|-
|Baptism: Condition of membership||297:2; 553:1
|-
|Baptism: Eligibility for||242
|-
|Baptism: Infants||290; 5500–5510
|-
|Baptism: Modes of||290
|-
|Baptism: Right of access to||302:2
|-
|Baptism: Ritual of||5500–5530
|-
|Baptism: Sacrament||242
|-
|Baptism: Significance||242
|-
|Baptism of the Holy Spirit||236
|-
|Barbados||35
|-
|Barbuda||35
|-
|Basis for merger||50
|-
|Bequests: Forms for||4940
|-
|Bequests: Special direction concerning||475
|-
|Bestiality, grounds for divorce||265:6
|-
|Bethany Bible College||SEE Kingswood University
|-
|Bible||218. SEE ALSO Holy Scriptures
|-
|Bible camps||1455:4
|-
|Bible colleges||2365–2368
|-
|Bible reading in public schools||410:8
|-
|Bible school, vacation||880:2, 18
|-
|Birth sin||224
|-
|Board of Pensions||4405; 4410:1
|-
|Board of review, district||5218–5221
|-
|Board of Review, General||370–380; 5400–5450
|-
|Board of trustees||SEE Trustees
|-
|Boards of Administration: District||1200–1245
|-
|Boards of Administration: General||1600–1799
|-
|Boards of Administration: Local||750–795
|-
|Body of Christ||240
|-
|Bonding of treasurers: District||1233:18; 1337:2
|-
|Bonding of treasurers: General||1655:28
|-
|Book committee||2115:13
|-
|Bougainville||80
|-
|Boundaries||2400–2470
|-
|Boundaries: District||2400–2403
|-
|Boundaries: Educational areas||2400–2403
|-
|Boundaries: Representative areas||2430–2445
|-
|Branch Sunday schools||655:16; 782:6; 880:15
|-
|Brazil||35; 80
|-
|British Columbia. SEE Central Canada||SEE Central Canada
|-
|British Isles||80
|-
|Budget: District||1180:16; 1233:18
|-
|Budget: General Church||1655:23; 1995–2045
|-
|Budget: Local||655:12; 782:31
|-
|Building committee: District||1345
|-
|Building committee: Local||856:6
|-
|Building construction||655:13; 782:32; 1345
|-
|Building project adjustment USF||2005:l(g); 2005:3(b)
|-
|Buildings, church owned, use of||313:4
|-
|Burial of dead, ritual||5700–5725
|-
|Business meeting, local church||625–655
|-
|} 
 
== C ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Calendar of events, local||782:7
|-
|California||SEE Pacific Southwest district and Southwest Hispanic district
|-
|Calling a pastor||690–718
|-
|Camp meeting board||1180:20
|-
|Camps, summer||1455:4
|-
|Campus ministries||SEE Student Ministries
|-
|Canada: Area boundaries||2435; 2460
|-
|Canada: District boundaries||2400; 2403:1–2
|-
|Canada: The Wesleyan Church of||70
|-
|Canada||SEE ALSO Alliance of the Reformed Baptist Church of Canada; Kingswood University
|-
|Candidates for license, commission, and ordination, examination of||1390:1, 3–4; 3033:6; 3070:4; 3104:3; 3460; 3470
|-
|Canon, the|| 218
|-
|Caribbean||35; 65; 80; 2565; 6750:2
|-
|Central America||27
|-
|Central Canada district||2403:2; 2435; 2460
|-
|Central New York district||2403:3; 2435; 2460
|-
|Ceremonies of churches||420
|-
|Certificate: Commission||6280
|-
|Certificate: Membership||6052
|-
|Certificate: General evangelists||3285:1; 6340
|-
|Certificate: Interim pastor’s authorization||6250
|-
|Certificate: Ordination||3070:7; 6300
|-
|Certificate: Pocket, of standing||6430
|-
|Certificate: Student membership||6070
|-
|Certificate: Study course||3033:3; 3059:1(g); 3070:3; 6410
|-
|Certificate: Supply pastor’s authorization||3260:4; 6240
|-
|Certificate: Validating ordination, commission, or license||3104:5; 6320
|-
|Chaplains: Committee on||2395
|-
|Chaplains: Institutional chaplains||3330
|-
|Chaplains: Military chaplains||3330
|-
|Charge, pastoral||315; 503
|-
|Charity, Christian||220; 265:3
|-
|Charter, International Conference||125; 1590:4; 2640; 2680; Appendix A, 6500–6770
|-
|Chesapeake district||2403:4; 2435; 2460
|-
|Chief Financial Officer/General Treasurer||1970–1976
|-
|Child Care||SEE Day Care
|-
|Children, responsibility to||265:7
|-
|Children’s camps||1455:4
|-
|Children’s church||880:2
|-
|Children’s committee, local spiritual formation||878
|-
|Children’s ministry division of spiritual formation||800:3; 1250:5
|-
|Children’s ministries, district director of||1489
|-
|Children’s worker||3210:5; 3450–3480; 6360–6380
|-
|Chile||80
|-
|Choir director||870
|-
|Christ: Atonement of||226
|-
|Christ: Body of||240
|-
|Christ: Member of Trinity||210
|-
|Christ: Merits for justification||23
|-
|Christ: Resurrection of||214
|-
|Christ: Sacraments commanded by||242
|-
|Christ: Second coming of||214; 244; 246
|-
|Christ: Son of God||214
|-
|Christian day school||SEE Day care and/or day schools
|-
|Christian education||SEE Church Multiplication and Discipleship
|-
|Christian fellowship||420
|-
|Christian liberty, special direction concerning||440
|-
|Christian perfection||236. SEE Entire Sanctification
|-
|Christian social concern||410; 1655:45
|-
|Christian unity: Interdenominational relationships||450; 1935:24
|-
|Christian unity: Special direction concerning||450
|-
|Christian worship||420
|-
|Church: Article of Religion||240
|-
|Church: Christ the only head of||270
|-
|Church: Membership Commitments for||265
|-
|Church||SEE ALSO local church; Wesleyan Church
|-
|Church board||750–795
|-
|Church Builders’ Club||1426:6
|-
|Church buildings: Dedication, ritual||5950
|-
|Church buildings: Use of||313:4
|-
|Church, developing||510
|-
|Church, developing: Categories of||510:6
|-
|Church, developing: Definition||510
|-
|Church, developing: Delegate to district conference||510:5
|-
|Church, developing: Government of||510:3
|-
|Church, developing: In developing district||542
|-
|Church, developing: Local advisory council of||510:2–3
|-
|Church, developing: Membership in||510:2
|-
|Church, developing: Minimum organization||807
|-
|Church, developing: Pastoral appointment for||510:1
|-
|Church, developing: Property of||510:4. SEE ALSO Property, local church
|-
|Church discipline: For members||260, 268
|-
|Church discipline: Judicial||5000–5008
|-
|Church discipline: Local committee||837:1
|-
|Church discipline: Meaning and purpose of||5000
|-
|Church discipline: Principles of administering||5002
|-
|Church growth||SEE Church Multiplication and Discipleship
|-
|Church law: Classification of||125–190
|-
|Church law: Elementary principles governing||270–286
|-
|Church law: Interpretation of||2060–2068
|-
|Church law: Judiciary||5000–5004; SEE ALSO Rules on church law
|-
|Church letters||6000–6070
|-
|Church member, membership||550–610
|-
|Church member, membership: Associate/Assistant pastor’s||578:2
|-
|Church member, membership: Categories of||295
|-
|Church member, membership: Classes for||568; 725:11; 782:8; 880:11
|-
|Church member, membership: Developing church||510
|-
|Church member, membership: Elementary principle governing||272
|-
|Church member, membership: Essence and meaning of||260; 550
|-
|Church member, membership: Letters and certificates||6000–6070
|-
|Church member, membership: Minister’s||310; 578:2; 3097–3100
|-
|Church member, membership: Pastor’s||578:2
|-
|Church member, membership: Reception of||566–570
|-
|Church member, membership: Records||610
|-
|Church member, membership: Ritual||295; 5550–5595
|-
|Church member, membership: Roll for developing church||510:2
|-
|Church member, membership: Termination of||SEE Termination of membership
|-
|Church member, membership: Transfer of||575–582
|-
|Church member, membership: Conditions of||295; 297; 553
|-
|Church member, membership: Constitutionally established||295
|-
|Church member, membership: Judicial procedure against||555
|-
|Church member, membership: Reception of||553; 566–570
|-
|Church member, membership: Restoration of||268
|-
|Church member, membership: Rights of||302, 555
|-
|Church member, membership: Transfer of||302:6; 575; 578:2; 580
|-
|Church member, membership, student||552, 564–565, 610
|-
|Church member, membership, student: Certificate of membership||6070
|-
|Church members, relations with one another||265:8–13
|-
|Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division: Executive Director||2307
|-
|Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division: General Duties||2310
|-
|Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division: Purpose||2306
|-
|Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division: Vision||2305
|-
|Church officers; officials: District||1250–1292
|-
|Church officers; officials: General||1800–1880
|-
|Church officers; officials: Local||815; 800
|-
|Church plant||510:6
|-
|Church property||SEE abandoned church property, Property, General; Property, General Church; property, local church
|-
|Church secretary||775; 830
|-
|Church treasurer||752:1; 842
|-
|Church hearings: Elementary principle governing||276
|-
|Cincinnati, OH||24
|-
|Circuit||525–535
|-
|Circuit: Advisory council||530–535
|-
|Circuit: Boundaries set by district||323:5
|-
|Circuit:  Committees||535
|-
|Circuit: Conferences||528
|-
|Circuit: Definition||525
|-
|Circuit: Developing district||542
|-
|Circuit: License lay ministers||528:2
|-
|Circuit: Nominating committee||535
|-
|Circuit: Organization of||525–535
|-
|Circuit:Parsonage||528:5; 532
|-
|Circuit: Pastoral charge, a type of||315
|-
|Circuit: Pastor’s membership||578:2
|-
|Circuit: Powers of||525
|-
|Circuit: Property||528:5; 532
|-
|Circuit: Relationship to its constituent churches||525
|-
|Circuit: Secretary||528:4; 530
|-
|Circuit: Trustees||530; 532
|-
|Circuit: Vice-chair||530
|-
|Civil rights||220; 265:12; 360:3(d) SEE ALSO Rights
|-
|Classification of church law||125–190
|-
|Clergy Development||SEE Education and Clergy Development Division
|-
|College: By local churches||1180:27
|-
|College: President, ritual for installation||5945
|-
|College: Program of study for ministry||3170:2
|-
|College: Trustees||2362
|-
|College:||SEE ALSO Educational institutions, general
|-
|Colombia||18; 80
|-
|Colorado||SEE Mountain Plains District
|-
|Colorado-Nebraska district||SEE Mountain Plains District
|-
|Comity committees: District||1060
|-
|Commissioned lay missionary: Commission form||6400
|-
|Commissioned lay missionary: Listing of||1240:5(d)
|-
|Commissioned lay missionary: Regulations governing||3490
|-
|Commissioned minister: Certificate for commission||6280
|-
|Commissioned minister: Course of study||3210:3
|-
|Commissioned minister: District listing of||1240
|-
|Commissioned minister: Duties of||3059:3
|-
|Commissioned minister: Qualifications for||3059:1
|-
|Commissioned minister: Regulations for||3059:4
|-
|Commissioned minister: Rights of||3059:2
|-
|Commissioned special worker: In process of transfer||1240:5(b); 3470
|-
|Commissioned special worker: Listing of||1240:5(a)
|-
|Commissioned special worker: Regulations governing||3470–3480
|-
|Commissioning: Of lay missionaries||3490, 5850
|-
|Commissioning: Of lay workers||3470, 5850
|-
|Commissioning: Of ministers||5800
|-
|Commissioning: Of special workers||5850
|-
|Commitments, membership||260–268
|-
|Committees: Chaplains||2395; 3330
|-
|Committees: District||1250
|-
|Committees: Editing||1585
|-
|Committees: General Conference||1565
|-
|Committees: General Conference Planning||1570
|-
|Committees: Local Church||800
|-
|Committees: Special Nominations||1580
|-
|Communications, department of||SEE Communication and Administration Division
|-
|Communication and Administration Division: Executive Director||2110
|-
|Communication and Administration Division: General Duties||2115
|-
|Communication and Administration Division: Purpose||2105
|-
|Communication and Administration Division: Vision||2100
|-
|Communion||242; 293
|-
|Communion committee, local||873
|-
|Compensation of ministers||286; 782:15
|-
|Complaints: Against course of study books||375:5
|-
|Complaints: Against ministers||313:7
|-
|Conditions of membership||297
|-
|Conference||SEE Circuit: Conference; District conference; General Conference; local church conference
|-
|Conference action committee, district||1165–1168
|-
|Conference minutes, district||1178
|-
|Confession of faith as basis for reception of members||565–570
|-
|Conflict of laws||1796–1799
|-
|Conflict Resolution||5004
|-
|Connecticut||SEE Eastern NY-New England district
|-
|Conscientious objector||410:3
|-
|Constitution of the North American General Conference, The:||200–385
|-
|Constitution of the North American General Conference, The: Adoption of||50
|-
|Constitution of the North American General Conference, The: Amendments||385
|-
|Constitution of the North American General Conference, The: Current authority for||185
|-
|Constitution of the North American General Conference, The: Function||145
|-
|Constitution of the North American General Conference, The: Identification of||135
|-
|Constitution of the North American General Conference, The: Summary of contents||135–145; 200
|-
|Constitution of the North American General Conference, The: Text of||200–385
|-
|Constitution of the North American General Conference, The: Unique type of church law||135–145
|-
|Constitutional law||125–145
|-
|Constitutionality: Of district conference acts||375:2
|-
|Constitutionality: Of General Conference acts||375:1
|-
|Continuing education||3240
|-
|Contract, pastoral||697; 702
|-
|Conversion||228; 230; 297:1; 553:1
|-
|Corporate offense||5010
|-
|Corporation, The Wesleyan Church:||4200–4270
|-
|Corporation, The Wesleyan Church: Amendments||4270
|-
|Corporation, The Wesleyan Church: Bequests||4240
|-
|Corporation, The Wesleyan Church: Devises||4240
|-
|Corporation, The Wesleyan Church: Directors||4210
|-
|Corporation, The Wesleyan Church: Donations||4240
|-
|Corporation, The Wesleyan Church: Name||4200
|-|Corporation, The Wesleyan Church: Officers||4220
 
|-
|Corporation, The Wesleyan Church: Precedent corporations||4230
|-
|Corporation, The Wesleyan Church: Purpose||4200
|-
|Corporations, affiliate:||4300–4425
|-
|Corporations, affiliate: Basic Provisions||4350
|-
|Corporations, affiliate: Definition||4340
|-
|Corporations, district:||4100–4150
|-
|Corporations, district: Authorization||4100–4110
|-
|Corporations, district: Directors||4120:6–7
|-
|Corporations, district: Members||4120:8
|-
|Corporations, district: Provisional district||4105
|-
|Corporations, district: Ownership||4120:9; 4140; 4150
|-
|Corporations, district: Standard provisions||4120
|-
|Corporations, local church:||4000–4070
|-
|Corporations, local church: Authorization||4000–4005
|-
|Corporations, local church: Directors||4010:7
|-
|Corporations, local church: Members||4010:8
|-
|Corporations, local church: Ownership||4010:6; 4030; cf. 4060–4070
|-
|Corporations, local church: Property transactions||4030
|-
|Corporations, subsidiary:||4300–4425
|-
|Corporations, subsidiary: Authorization||4300
|-
|Corporations, subsidiary: Basic provisions||4320
|-
|Corporations, subsidiary: Directors||4320:3–6, 8–9
|-
|Corporations, subsidiary: Educational institutions||2362; 4310:2
|-
|Corporations, subsidiary: Hephzibah Ministries Inc.||4310:4
|-
|Corporations, subsidiary: Wesleyan Investment Foundation, Inc.||4310:5
|-
|Corporations, subsidiary: Wesleyan Pension Fund, Inc., The||4310:3; 4400–4425
|-
|Correspondence study courses||2385–2388; 3170:3
|-
|Costa Rica||80
|-
|Council, advisory: Circuit||530
|-
|Council, advisory: Developing church||510:3
|-
|Council, advisory: Pastor’s||795
|-
|Council of ordination||1405
|-
|Council, Wesleyan educational||2355
|-
|Counseling: Concerning divorce||265:6
|-
|Counseling: Concerning Membership Commitments||837:1
|-
|Counseling: Minister as counselor||725:9
|-
|Courses of study:||2385–2388; 3170–3240
|-
|Courses of study: Certificate of completion||6410
|-
|Courses of study: Commissioned minister’s||3210:3
|-
|Courses of study: Development of||3200
|-
|Courses of study: Lay minister’s||3210:4
|-
|Courses of study: Pre-ordination||3210:1
|-
|Courses of study: Special workers’||3210:5
|-
|Courses of study: Specialized ministries||3210:2
|-
|Credentials: Forwarded to Executive Director of Communication and Administration||1310:32; 5230; 5212:2
|-
|Credentials: Of commissioned minister||3059:4(b)
|-
|Credentials: Of ordained minister||3089:2
|-
|Credentials: Of licensed minister||3055:2
|-
|Credentials: Of ministerial student||3015:5(b)
|-
|Crime||5004:5; 5120:5; 5212:3
|-
|Crossroads district||2403:5; 2430; 2455
|-
|Curacao||35
|-
|Current authority for church law||185
|-
|Custodians, local church: Employed by local board||782:17
|-
|Custodians, local church: Nominated by trustees||856:5
|-
|Custodians, local church: Supervised by pastor and local board of administration||725:29; 782:17
|-
|} 
 
== D ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Daily Vacation Bible School||880:2, 18
|-
|Dakota district||2403:5; 2445; 2470
|-
|Daughter church||510:6
|-
|Day care and/or day schools: Authorization||655:18, 19
|-
|Day care and/or day schools: Approval by DBA||782:36; 1233:35
|-
|Day care and/or day schools: Financial policies||782:36
|-
|Day care and/or day schools: Governance||782:36
|-
|Day care and/or day schools: Separate treasury||782:37
|-
|De Wesleyaanse Gemeente, Suriname||80
|-
|Dedication: Of church buildings||5950
|-
|Dedication: Of infants||290; 5500
|-
|Dedication: Of parsonages||5975
|-
|Deity, respect for name of||265:1
|-
|Delaware||SEE Chesapeake district
|-
|Delegates-at-large to General Conference||1508–1510
|-
|Delegates to district conference: Allotment||1100
|-
|Delegates to district conference: Alternate||1106
|-
|Delegates to district conference: Certification||830:4
|-
|Delegates to district conference: Election||317; 528:3; 965; 1103
|-
|Delegates to district conference: Function and general regulations||315:7; 317; 1086
|-
|Delegates to district conference: Laity elected||1086
|-
|Delegates to district conference: Qualifications||1109
|-
|Delegates to General Conference: Alternate||1516–1518
|-
|Delegates to General Conference: At-large||1508–1510
|-
|Delegates to General Conference: Certification||1332:5; 1512
|-
|Delegates to General Conference: Developing district||1015
|-
|Delegates to General Conference: Election||1180:4; 1508–1518
|-
|Delegates to General Conference: Function and general regulations||323:9; 1500–1506
|-
|Delegates to General Conference: Lay||1503:1(b); 1516; 1524–1526
|-
|Delegates to General Conference: Ministerial||1503:1(b); 1516; 1520–1522
|-
|Delegates to General Conference: Provisional district||1032
|-
|Delegates to General Conference: Qualifications||1520–1526
|-
|Denominational service, ministers appointed to||1240:1(a4)
|-
|Denominational unity||450
|-
|Depravity, inherited||224
|-
|Destiny, Article of Religion||250
|-
|Developing church||SEE church, developing
|-
|Developing district||SEE district, developing
|-
|Devises, forms for||4940
|-
|Director of Children’s Ministries||1489
|-
|Director of Christian Education: Course of study||3210:5
|-
|Director of Christian Education: District||1460–1463
|-
|Director of Christian Education: Local||880:5; 3450–3480
|-
|Director of leadership training, district||1486
|-
|Director of music: Course of study||3210:5
|-
|Director of music:  Local||870
|-
|Director of music: Special worker||3450–3480
|-
|Director of youth ministries: Course of study||3210:5
|-
|Director of youth ministries: Special worker||3450–3480
|-
|Directory: District||1332:8
|-
|Discipline: Meaning and purpose of||5000–5010
|-
|Discipline: Subjects of||260; 5004–5006
|-
|Discipline, book of: For mission units||340:2; 2610:6
|-
|Discipline, consequences of being under: Reason for||305; 585; 600–605
|-
|Discipline, The, of the North American General Conference: Amendment of||125–165
|-
|Discipline, The, of the North American General Conference: Authoritative edition of||185
|-
|Discipline, The, of the North American General Conference: First, of The Wesleyan Church||50
|-
|Discipline, The, of the North American General Conference: Interpretations of||2060–2061; Appendix B
|-
|Discontinue church:||1180:24, 1233:30, 4730
|-
|Discontinue church members: Power to||315:1; 655:1; 782:10
|-
|Discontinue church members: Procedure of||600–605
|-
|Discontinue church members: Reason for||305; 585; 600–605
|-
|Discrimination forbidden||265:12; 360:3(d)
|-
|Dismissal: Definition of||5115:5; 5212:5
|-
|Dismissal: Power of||315:1; 655:1; 782:10
|-
|Dismissal: Reasons for||276; 305; 585; 5115:5; 5212:5
|-
|District: Action committee, conference||1165–1168
|-
|District: Administration, board of||1200–1245
|-
|District: Amenability||1050
|-
|District: Appeal from its actions||323:6
|-
|District: Assignment to educational area||1590:14; 2450–2470
|-
|District: Assignment to representative area||1590:12
|-
|District: Assistant superintendent||1320–1327
|-
|District: Auditing committee or auditor||1340
|-
|District: Authorization||1036
|-
|District: Board of administration||1200–1245
|-
|District: Board of Christian education||1440–1455
|-
|District: Board of evangelism and church growth||1413–1423
|-
|District: Board of ministerial development||1375–1390
|-
|District: Boundaries||2400–2403
|-
|District: Building committee||1345
|-
|District: Children’s Ministries||1489
|-
|District: Committees, list of||1250
|-
|District: Committees, regulations for||1275–1292
|-
|District: Conducts a local mission||537; 655:15; 1180:24; 1233:30
|-
|District: Conference||1075–1180
|-
|District: Corporation||4100–4150
|-
|District: Definition||317; 1000
|-
|District: Departmental officers||1275–1292
|-
|District: Developing district||1003–1015
|-
|District: Directory||1332:8
|-
|District: Disputes with General Conference||375:6; 5445:4
|-
|District: Disputes with other districts||375:4; 5350
|-
|District: Educational director||1496
|-
|District: Established||360:3e; 1036–1050
|-
|District: Evangelism and Church Growth, director of||1426
|-
|District: Family life ministries; promotion of||1483:8
|-
|District: Financial plan||1180:16
|-
|District: Fiscal year||1180:18
|-
|District: Function||317; 1000
|-
|District: Global Partners, director of||1429
|-
|District: Government||1000–1496
|-
|District: Journal||1178
|-
|District: Journal editing committee||1178:1
|-
|District: Leadership training, director of||1486
|-
|District: May request special session of General Conference||330:2
|-
|District: Membership of ministers||310; 313:6; 3100
|-
|District: Merger||1060–1065
|-
|District: Ministerial development, board of||1375–1390
|-
|District: Mission, district||SEE Provisional district
|-
|District: Mission, local||SEE Developing church
|-
|District: Nominating committee, district conference||1172–1175
|-
|District: Officers, list of||1250
|-
|District: Officers, regulations for||323:7; 1255–1292
|-
|District: Officials||1255–1272
|-
|District: Organization||317; 1000–1065
|-
|District: Organizing conference||1040
|-
|District: Powers||323; 1180
|-
|District: Property||SEE Property, District
|-
|District: Provisional district||1020–1035
|-
|District: Realignment||1060–1065
|-
|District: Reclassification||1042–1045 1935:33
|-
|District: Requirements for||1038
|-
|District: Reorganization of||5235
|-
|District: Review, board of||1370; 5218–5221
|-
|District: Rights||323
|-
|District: Secretary||1330–1332
|-
|District: Service, ministerial appointment to||1390:1; 3320
|-
|District: Statistical committees||1350–1352
|-
|District: Sunday school committee||1468–1480
|-
|District: Sunday school, director of||1483
|-
|District: Superintendent||1300–1310
|-
|District: Superintendent’s representative||520; 692:2; 1310:12
|-
|District: Treasurer||1335–1337
|-
|District: Trustees, board of||1360–1365
|-
|District: Wesleyan Youth, president||1492
|-
|District: Women’s ministry, director of||1439
|-
|District: Zones||1209:4; 1233:13
|-
|District:||SEE ALSO Developing District
|-
|District Board of Administration:||1200–1245
|-
|District Board of Administration: Chair||1221
|-
|District Board of Administration: Duties and powers||1233
|-
|District Board of Administration: Executive committee||1245
|-
|District Board of Administration: Function||1200
|-
|District Board of Administration: Membership||1203–1206
|-
|District Board of Administration: Organization and procedures||1221–1230
|-
|District Board of Administration: Quorum||1227
|-
|District Board of Administration: Secretary||1224
|-
|District Board of Administration: Sessions||1209–1218
|-
|District Board of Administration: Voting||1230
|-
|District Board of Christian Education:||1440–1455
|-
|District Board of Christian Education: Agencies coordinated by||1455:1
|-
|District Board of Christian Education: Amenability||1452
|-
|District Board of Christian Education: Duties||1455
|-
|District Board of Christian Education: Function||1440
|-
|District Board of Christian Education: Membership||1443
|-
|District Board of Christian Education: Organization||1446
|-
|District Board of Christian Education: Sessions||1449
|-
|District Board of Evangelism and Church Growth:||1413–1423
|-
|District Board of Evangelism and Church Growth: Duties||1423
|-
|District Board of Evangelism and Church Growth: Function||1413
|-
|District Board of Evangelism and Church Growth: Membership||1416
|-
|District Board of Evangelism and Church Growth: Sessions||1420
|-
|District Board of Ministerial Development:||1375–1405
|-
|District Board of Ministerial Development: Duties||1390
|-
|District Board of Ministerial Development: Function||1375
|-
|District Board of Ministerial Development: Membership||1378
|-
|District Board of Ministerial Development: Organization||1381
|-
|District Board of Ministerial Development: Records||1387
|-
|District Board of Ministerial Development: Sessions||1384
|-
|District Conference:||1075–1180
|-
|District Conference: Action committee||1165–1168
|-
|District Conference: Allotment of lay delegates||510:5; 528:3; 1080; 1100
|-
|District Conference: Alternate delegates||1106
|-
|District Conference: Appeals on questions of order||1144
|-
|District Conference: Chair||350:3; 1120
|-
|District Conference: Committees||1159–1175
|-
|District Conference: Duties and powers||1180
|-
|District Conference: Function||1075
|-
|District Conference: Journal||1178
|-
|District Conference: Legislation||1147
|-
|District Conference: Membership||317; 1080–1090
|-
|District Conference: Memorials||1153
|-
|District Conference: Nominating committee||1172–1175
|-
|District Conference: Procedure||1126–1147
|-
|District Conference: Quorum||1129
|-
|District Conference: Reconvened session||1115
|-
|District Conference: Resolutions||1150–1156; 1165–1168; 1233:8
|-
|District Conference: Rights||1126
|-
|District Conference: Rules of order||1138
|-
|District Conference: Secretary||1123
|-
|District Conference: Sessions||1112–1115
|-
|District Conference: Suspension of rules||1141
|-
|District Conference: Voting||1135
|-
|District, Developing||1003–1015
|-
|District, Developing: Authorization||1006
|-
|District, Developing: General Conference representation||1015
|-
|District, Developing: Jurisdiction over||1009
|-
District, Developing: Local churches in||542
|-
District, Developing: Ordination, commissioning, and licensing||1012
|-
District, Developing: Organization of||1012
|-
District, Developing: Property||4800
|-
District, Developing: Purpose||1003
|-
District Forms: Acknowledgment of letter of transfer||6450
|-
District Forms: Letter of standing||6460
|-
District Forms: Letter of transfer||6440
|-
District Forms: License||6260
|-
District Forms: Recommendation for district license||6420
|-
District membership of ministers||3100
|-
District, Provisional (Provisional District):||1020–1034
|-
District, Provisional (Provisional District): Amenability||1030:3
|-
District, Provisional (Provisional District): Authorization||1020
|-
District, Provisional (Provisional District): General Conference representation||1032
|-
District, Provisional (Provisional District): Jurisdiction over||1028
|-
District, Provisional (Provisional District): Officers, boards, and committees||1030:2
|-
District, Provisional (Provisional District): Organization||1030
|-
District, Provisional (Provisional District): Reclassification||1034
|-
District, Provisional (Provisional District): Requirements for||1025
|-
District, Provisional (Provisional District): Superintendent||1030:1
|-
District Superintendent:||1300–1310
|-
District Superintendent: Amenability||323:1; 1307
|-
District Superintendent: Assistant||1320–1327
|-
District Superintendent: Duties||1303:6; 1310
|-
District Superintendent: Election||1303:1
|-
District Superintendent: Function||1300
|-
District Superintendent: Installation ritual||5930
|-
District Superintendent: Provisional district||1030:1
|-
District Superintendent: Nomination of||1030:1; 1303:7; 1935:31
|-
District Superintendent: Developing district||1003–1015
|-
District Superintendent: Qualifications and tenure||1303
|-
District Superintendent: Reelection||1303:3
|-
District Superintendent: Regulations||1303:4
|-
District Superintendent: Term of office||1303:2
|-
District Superintendent: Vacancy||1303:6
|-
Distrito Hispano Suroeste (Southwest Hispanic District)||2403:25; 2445; 2470
|-
Diversity, consideration for||1175:3
|-
Divided House: In district conference vote||320; 1135
|-
Divided House: In General Conference vote||338; 1545
|-
Divorce: Abuse||265:7
|-
Divorce: Biblical grounds for||265:6
|-
Divorce: Marriage of divorced persons||3111
|-
Divorce: Ministers||3012; 3108; 3111
|-
Divorce: Remarriage||410:6
|-
Divorce:||SEE ALSO marriage; remarriage
|-
Domestic violence||265:7
|-
Drugs, harmful||265:5; 410:4
|-
|} 
 
== E ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|East Michigan district||2403:6; 2430; 2455
|-
|Easter offering||2050:2–3
|-
|Eastern New York-New England district||2403:7; 2435; 2460
|-
|Editing: General Conference||1585
|-
|Education and the Ministry||SEE Education and Clergy Development Division
|-
|Education and Clergy Development Division: Executive Director||2340
|-
|Education and Clergy Development Division: General Duties||2341
|-
|Education and Clergy Development Division: Purpose||2339
|-
|Education and Clergy Development Division: Vision||2338
|-
|Educational Areas: Assignment of districts||1590:14; 2450
|-
|Educational Areas: Boundaries||2450–2470
|-
|Educational Areas: General regulations for||1590:14; 2371–2374; 2450
|-
|Educational institutions, general: Complementary programs||2365–2368
|-
|Educational institutions, general: Educational areas||2371–2374
|-
|Educational institutions, general: Financial support||2377
|-
|Educational institutions, general: General Board’s role||2362
|-
|Educational institutions, general: General Conference’s role||2362
|-
|Educational institutions, general: Ministerial Study Course Agency||2385–2388
|-
|Educational institutions, general: Names of institutions||2365
|-
|Educational institutions, general: Ownership and control||2358
|-
|Educational institutions, general: Presidents||325; 1503:1(c)
|-
|Educational institutions, general: Spiritual priorities||2358
|-
|Educational institutions, general: Standards for Educational Institutions||2362:4
|-
|Educational institutions, general: Wesleyan Educational Council||2355
|-
|Educational institutions, general: Wesleyan Seminary Foundation||2382
|-
|Educational leave, ordained ministers on: Category of service||3350:1
|-
|Educational leave, ordained ministers on: District listing||1240
|-
|Educational objectives||2339
|-
|Educational director: District||1496
|-
|Educational director: General||2341–2344
|-
|Educational director: Local||926
|-
|Educators, ministers appointed as||3310
|-
|Egypt||80
|-
|Elementary Principles||270–286; cf. 297:3; 553:1
|-
|Elementary schools||SEE Day Care and/or Day Schools
|-
|Eligibility to hold office: Commissioned ministers||3059:2(b)
|-
|Eligibility to hold office: Full members||302:3
|-
|Eligibility to hold office: Ordained ministers||313:2
|-
|Emeritus title||1503:1(c); 1590:20; 1945
|-
|Emergencies: Discipline of officials||1785:7
|-
|Emergencies: General Conference sessions||1530
|-
|Emergencies: Ordination service||3070:5
|-
|Emergencies: USF, change of percentage||1655:22
|-
|Emmanuel Wesleyan Church: South Africa Bantu||80
|-
|Emmanuel Wesleyan Church: Swaziland||80
|-
|Emmanuel Wesleyan Church: Transkei||80
|-
|England||35
|-
|Entertainment||410:12
|-
|Entire sanctification: Article of Religion||236
|-
|Entire sanctification: Historical background||1–2; 12–13; 24
|-
|Entire sanctification: Not dependent upon tongues||236; 265:10
|-
|Entire sanctification:||SEE ALSO Holiness, Scriptural
|-
|Equal ministerial and lay representation: General Conference may not change||360:3(b)
|-
|Equal ministerial and lay representation: Historical background||8
|-
|Equal ministerial and lay representation: In district conference||317; 1080; 1100
|-
|Equal ministerial and lay representation: In General Conference||325; 1503
|-
|Equal rights||220; 265:12; 360:3(d); 410:1
|-
|Essentials of The Wesleyan Church||125; 340:2; 1590:1; 2500:3; 2610:8; 2660
|-
|Established church: Authorization for organization||518
|-
|Established church: Procedure of organization||520
|-
|Established church: Qualifications for organization||518:1–4
|-
|Established district||360:3(e); 1036–1050
|-
|Estate Planning: Assist with wills, bequests; annuities||475
|-
|Europe||2480
|-
|Evaluation report of general officials||1785:6; 1935:17
|-
|Evaluation sessions: District Board||1218
|-
|Evaluation sessions: General Board||1625
|-
|Evaluation sessions: Local Board||767
|-
|Evangelism and Church Growth: District board of||1413–1423
|-
|Evangelism and Church Growth: District director of||1426
|-
|Evangelism and Church Growth: Function||2205
|-
|Evangelism and Church Growth: Historical background||13; 16; 23–24; 34–35
|-
|Evangelism and Church Growth: Local committee on evangelism||960
|-
|Evangelism and Church Growth: Local director||935
|-
|Evangelism and Church Growth:||SEE ALSO Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division
|-
|Evangelistic service||1240:1(a3); 3270–3295
|-
|Evangelists: Employed by local board||782:18
|-
|Evangelists: Examination||3275
|-
|Evangelists: From other denominations||1310:24
|-
|Evangelists: Function||3270
|-
|Evangelists: General, Associate||3280
|-
|Evangelists: General and reserve general||3285:1, 2
|-
|Evangelists: Historical background||13
|-
|Evangelists: Reports||3295
|-
|Examination of candidates for license, commission, or ordination||1390:1, 3–4; 3033:6; 3070:4; 3104:3; 3460; 3470
|-
|Excommunication||276; 315:1; 655:1; 782:10; 5115:5; 5212:5
|-
|Executive Board:||1750–1790
|-
|Executive Board: Chair||1765
|-
|Executive Board: Duties and powers||1785–1790
|-
|Executive Board: Function||1750
|-
|Executive Board: Membership||1755
|-
|Executive Board: Minutes||1790
|-
|Executive Board: Organization||1765–1780
|-
|Executive Board: Quorum||1775
|-
|Executive Board: Secretary||1770
|-
|Executive Board: Sessions||1760
|-
|Executive Board: Vice-chair||1655:12
|-
|Executive Board: Voting||1780
|-
|Executive Cabinet:||1990
|-
|Executive Cabinet: As the General Conference Planning Committee||1570–1576
|-
|Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division||2307
|-
|Executive Director of Communication and Administration Division||2110
|-
|Executive Director of Education and Clergy Development Division||2340
|-
|Executive Director of Global Partners Division||2261
|-
|Expulsion||SEE dismissal or excommunication
|-
|Extended call regulations||720
|-
|Extension, church (historical)||16
|-
|Extension classes, local Sunday school||655:15; 782:5; 880:15
|-
|}
 
== F ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Faith, Article of Religion on||228
|-
|Family: Article of Religion||222
|-
|Family: Duties to||265:6–7
|-
|Family: Family altar||265:9
|-
|Family:||SEE ALSO divorce; marriage
|-
|Family life ministries: Local promotion of||880:20
|-
|Family life ministries: District promotion of||1483:8
|-
|Family life ministries: General Church promotion of||2306
|-
|Fasting||265:9
|-
|Father, The, Article of Religion||212
|-
|Fellowship, Christian||420–450
|-
|Fellowship committee||880:19
|-
|Finance and stewardship committee, local||865–868
|-
|Financial policies: District||1180:16
|-
|Financial policies: General Church||1995–2050
|-
|Financial policies: Local church||655:10; 782:29
|-
|Financial secretary, local||845:2
|-
|Financial support of General educational institutions||2377
|-
|Fiscal year: District||1180:18
|-
|Fiscal year: Local church||1180:18
|-
|Florida district||2403:8; 2440; 2465
|-
|Forfeiture of representation: District||1506; 5365
|-
|Forfeiture of representation: Local church||1095; 5310
|-
|Forms: Bequests and devises||4940
|-
|Forms: Church letters||6000–6040
|-
|Forms: District||6420–6460
|-
|Forms: General credentials||6200–6340
|-
|Forms: Service credentials||6200–6460
|-
|Forms: Special worker’s credentials||6360–6400
|-
|Forms, general credentials: Acknowledgment of district letter of transfer||6450
|-
|Forms, general credentials: Course of study certificate||6410
|-
|Forms, general credentials: District letter of standing||6460
|-
|Forms, general credentials: District letter of transfer||6440
|-
|Forms, general credentials: Pocket certificate of standing||6430
|-
|Forms, general credentials: Recommendation for district license||6420
|-
|Forms, ministerial credentials: Commission certificate for ministers||6280
|-
|Forms, ministerial credentials: District license for ministerial, students, and licensed ministers||6260
|-
|Forms, ministerial credentials: General evangelist’s certificate||6340
|-
|Forms, ministerial credentials:  Interim pastor’s certificate||6250
|-
|Forms, ministerial credentials: Lay minister’s letter of standing||6220
|-
|Forms, ministerial credentials:  Lay minister’s license||6200
|-
|Forms, ministerial credentials: Ordination certificate||6300
|-
|Forms, ministerial credentials: Supply pastor’s certificate||6240
|-
|Forms, ministerial credentials: Validation certificate for ordained ministers, commissioned or licensed ministers||6320
|-
|Forms, special worker’s credentials: Lay missionary’s commission||6400
|-
|Forms, special worker’s credentials: Special worker’s commission||6380
|-
|Forms, special worker’s credentials: Special worker’s license||6360
|-
|Fraternal relationships||1935:24
|-
|Free will||224
|-
|Fund raising, methods of||470
|-
|}
 
== G ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Gambling, abstain from, membership commitment||265:4
|-
|General Assembly, Pilgrim Holiness||24; 29; 32; 34; 50
|-
|General Board: Bylaws||1650
|-
|General Board: Chair||1630; 1935:6
|-
|General Board: Duties and powers||323:1; 330; 340; 360:2; 1655
|-
|General Board: Executive Board||1750–1790
|-
|General Board: Function||340; 1600
|-
|General Board: Membership||340:1; 1605
|-
|General Board: Nonvoting participants||1606
|-
|General Board: Notices||1615
|-
|General Board: Organization||1630–1650
|-
|General Board: Policies. SEE General Board policies Procedure||1630–1650
|-
|General Board: Quorum||1640
|-
|General Board: Secretary||1635
|-
|General Board: Sessions||1610–1625
|-
|General Board: Vacancies||1655:11
|-
|General Board: Vice-chair||1630; 1655:12
|-
|General Board: Voting||1645
|-
|General Board Policies: Administered by General Superintendent||1935:16
|-
|General Board Policies: For Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division||2307
|-
|General Board Policies: For Communication and Administration Division||2110
|-
|General Board Policies: For Education and Clergy Development Division||2340
|-
|General Board Policies: For Executive Cabinet||1990
|-
|General Board Policies: For Global Partners Division||2261
|-
|General Board Policies: For General Treasurer/Chief Executive Officer||1976
|-
|General Board of Review||370–380; 2070–2075
|-
|General Church Corporation||4200–4270
|-
|General Church Financial Plan:||1995–2050
|-
|General Church Financial Plan: Budget procedure||2060
|-
|General Church Financial Plan: Planned gifts||1995
|-
|General Church Financial Plan: Special offerings||2050
|-
|General Church Financial Plan: Summary||1995
|-
|General Church Financial Plan: United Stewardship Fund||2000–2045
|-
|General Church government||1500–2490
|-
|General Church property||4900–4940
|-
|General Conference:||325–338
|-
|General Conference: Alternate delegates||325–338
|-
|General Conference: Appeals on questions of order||1550
|-
|General Conference: Chair||332; 350:3; 1536
|-
|General Conference: Committees||1563–1585
|-
|General Conference: Dates of||1528
|-
|General Conference: Delegates||1508–1526; 1541
|-
|General Conference: Delegates-at-large||1508–1510
|-
|General Conference: Dispute with a district||375:6; 5440:5
|-
|General Conference: Duties and powers||295; 310; 317; 323:1; 325; 327:1; 330:1; 340:1; 350:1, 4; 360; 370; 380; 385; 1590
|-
|General Conference: Editing committee||1585
|-
|General Conference: Equal ministerial and lay representation||325; 360:3(b); 1503
|-
|General Conference: Forfeiture of representation by districts||1506
|-
|General Conference: Function||1500
|-
|General Conference: General Conference Planning Committee||1570–1576
|-
|General Conference: Journal||1585
|-
|General Conference: Lay delegates||1524–1526
|-
|General Conference: Membership||323:9; 325–327; 1503–1526
|-
|General Conference: Memorials||1557–1560
|-
|General Conference: Memorials committee||1565
|-
|General Conference: Ministerial delegates||1520–1522
|-
|General Conference: Minutes||1585
|-
|General Conference: Nominations, committee on special||1580
|-
|General Conference: Officers||334; 1800
|-
|General Conference: Officials||325; 1800–1880
|-
|General Conference: Organization||1536–1585
|-
|General Conference: Pilgrim Holiness,||23–50
|-
|General Conference: Place||330:1; 1528
|-
|General Conference: Planning committee||1570–1576
|-
|General Conference: Presidency||332; 350:3; 1536
|-
|General Conference: Procedure||1541–1553
|-
|General Conference: Program||1576
|-
|General Conference: Quorum||336; 1543
|-
|General Conference: Rules of order||1547
|-
|General Conference: Secretary||334; 1539
|-
|General Conference: Sessions||330; 1528–1534
|-
|General Conference: Suspension of rules||1553
|-
|General Conference: Voting||1545
|-
|General Conference: Wesleyan Methodist||11–18; 50
|-
|General Conferences: General Conference||2610
|-
|General Conferences: General Conference interrelations||2630–2640
|-
|General Conferences: North American||2550
|-
|General Department of Communications.||SEE Communication and Administration Division
|-
|General Department of Education and the Ministry.||SEE Education and Clergy Development Division
|-
|General Department of Evangelism and Church Growth.||SEE Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division
|-
|General Department of Global Partners.||SEE Global Partners Division
|-
|General Department of Spiritual Formation.||SEE Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division
|-
|General Directors, (subsidiary corporations): Hephzibah Ministries Inc.||4310:4
|-
|General Directors, (subsidiary corporations): Wesleyan Investment Foundation||4310:5
|-
|General Directors, (subsidiary corporations): Wesleyan Pension Fund||4400–4425
|-
|General Director of Education and the Ministry.||SEE Executive Director of Education and Clergy Development Division
|-
|General Director of Evangelism and Church Growth.||SEE Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division
|-
|General Director of Spiritual Formation.||SEE Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division
|-
|General Director of Global Partners.||SEE Executive Director of Global Partners Division
|-
|General educational institutions||2365
|-
|General evangelists: Associate general evangelists||3280
|-
|General evangelists: Certification form||6340
|-
|General evangelists: General regulations||3270–3295
|-
|General evangelists: Listing||1240:1(a3)
|-
|General evangelists: Reserve general evangelist||3285:2
|-
|General officers/officials of the church:||340:1; 1800–1880
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: Amenability||1830
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: District membership||1860
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: Evaluation report||1785:6; 1935:17
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: Identification||1800
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: Installation ritual||5935
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: General Conference membership||1503:1(c)
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: Local church membership||1860
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: Qualifications||1810
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: Reports||1840
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: Residence||1870
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: Term of office||1820
|-
|General officers/officials of the church: Vacancies||1850
|-
|General offices and divisions, listing of||1880
|-
|General publications:||2115
|-
|General publications: Denominational publication||3059:4(d); 3089:4
|-
|General publications: Wesleyan Publishing House||SEE Communication and Administration Division
|-
|General representative||350:3; 1180:7; 1935:28
|-
|General Secretary||SEE Executive Director of the Communication and Administration Division
|-
|General Superintendent: Duties and powers||1935
|-
|General Superintendent: Election||1590:16; 1903
|-
|General Superintendent: Emeritus||1503:1(c); 1945
|-
|General Superintendent: General regulations||1903
|-
|General Superintendent: Spiritual and administrative leader||1900
|-
|General Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer||1970–1976
|-
|Georgia||SEE South Coastal district
|-
|Ghana||80
|-
|Gift of tongues||265:10
|-
|Gifts of the Spirit, Article of Religion||238
|-
|Global Partners: District director of||1429
|-
|Global Partners: Local committee on missions||955–958
|-
|Global Partners: Local director of missions||930
|-
|Global Partners Division: Executive Director of||2261
|-
|Global Partners Division: Missionaries||2272
|-
|Global Partners Division: Organization of mission units||2275–2287
|-
|Global Partners Division: Purpose||2259
|-
|Global Partners Division: Strategic Directives||2262
|-
|Global Partners Division: Support of||2050:1–3, 5
|-
|Global Partners Division: Vision||2258
|-
|God: Attributes of||210
|-
|God: Name to be reverenced||265:1. SEE ALSO Oaths
|-
|God: Purpose for Man||220
|-
|God: Trinity of||210
|-
|Good works: Article of Religion||232
|-
|Good works: Expected||224; 265:11; 284
|-
|Grace||216; 224; 228; 234; 236; 242; 250; 265:9
|-
|Grand Cayman||35
|-
|Greater Ohio District||2403:9; 2430; 2455
|-
|Growth in grace||236
|-
|Guides and Helps to Holy Living||260–268; 557
|-
|Guyana||35; 80
|-
|}
 
== H ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Haiti||17:1; 18; 80
|-
|Hawaii||SEE Pacific Southwest district and Southwest Hispanic district
|-
|Healing||430
|-
|Hearing, right to: For districts||323:10
|-
|Hearing, right to: For local churches||315:8
|-
|Hearing, right to: For members||302:5
|-
|Hearing, right to: For ministers||313:7
|-
|Heaven||250
|-
|Hell||250
|-
|Hephzibah Ministries Inc.||4310:4
|-
|Hephzibah Faith Missionary Society||17:1
|-
|Heresy||5050:1; 5070:1; 5370:1
|-
|History of The Wesleyan Church||1–80
|-
|Holiness Christian Church||27
|-
|Holiness Church, The||32
|-
|Holiness, scriptural: Historical background||1–60
|-
|Holiness, scriptural: Mission of The Wesleyan Church||100–105
|-
|Holiness, scriptural:||SEE ALSO Entire sanctification
|-
|Holy Ghost.||SEE Holy Spirit
|-
|Holy Scriptures: Article of Religion||218
|-
|Holy Scriptures: Basis for church rules||280
|-
|Holy Scriptures: In church hearings||276
|-
|Holy Scriptures: Inerrancy||218, 299; 5566; 5772
|-
|Holy Scriptures: Only rule of faith and conduct||270
|-
|Holy Scriptures: Reading as means of grace||265:9
|-
|Holy Spirit, The, Article of Religion||216; 230; 236–238
|-
|Holy Trinity, Article of Religion||210
|-
|Home||SEE Family
|-
|Home ministries representation work||782:34; 1426:3; 1429:3; 1496:2; 2050:1, 3
|-
|Homosexual behavior||265:6; 410:5
|-
|Homosexuality||410:5
|-
|Honduras||18; 80
|-
|Honesty||265:13
|-
|Horton, Jotham||7
|-
|Houghton College||2365:4; 2460
|-
|Human sexuality||410:5
|-
|} 
 
== I ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Idaho||2403:21; SEE Northwest District
|-
|Iglesia Wesleyana Peregrina, Peru||80
|-
|Iglesia Evangelica de los Peregrinos, Mexico||80
|-
|Igreja Emmanuel Evangelica Wesleyana, Mozambique||80
|-
|Igreja Evangelica Wesleyana, Brazil||80
|-
|Illinois district||2403:10; 2430; 2455
|-
|Immorality and restoration of ministers||3127; 5180:3; 5370:5
|-
|Incest grounds for divorce||265:6
|-
|Incorporation, district||4100–4150
|-
|Indemnification of officers||4235
|-
|India||17:2; 18; 80
|-
|Indiana Central district||SEE Crossroads district
|-
|Indiana North district||SEE Crossroads district
|-
|Indiana Wesleyan University||2365:5; 2455
|-
|Indianapolis, IN||34
|-
|Indiana South district||2403:11; 2440; 2455; 2465
|-
|Individual rights, respect for; membership commitment||265:12
|-
|Indonesia||80, 2560
|-
|Inerrancy of Scriptures||218; 299; 5772
|-
|Infant baptism||290; 5500
|-
|Inherited depravity||224
|-
|Installation: Of college presidents||5945
|-
|Installation: Of district superintendent||5930
|-
|Installation: Of general officials||5935
|-
|Installation: Of local church officials||520:5; 828; 5915–5925
|-
|Installation: Of pastor||5905
|-
|Institutional chaplains||3330
|-
|Insubordination||5004:3; 5006:3
|-
|Insurance, local property and liability||782:28; 856:8
|-
|Integrity||265:13
|-
|Interchurch service, ministerial appointment to||1240:1(a6); 3335
|-
|Interdenominational relationships||450; 1920:12
|-
|Interim pastor||3261; 6250
|-
|International Apostolic Holiness Church||26
|-
|International Apostolic Holiness Union||25
|-
|International Apostolic Holiness Union and Churches||26
|-
|International Conference of The Wesleyan Church: Advancement of General Conferences by||2610:11; 2620
|-
|International Conference of The Wesleyan Church: Charter of||125;1585:4; 2640; 2680; Appendix A
|-
|International Conference of The Wesleyan Church: Composition of||2660
|-
|International Conference of The Wesleyan Church: Function||2670
|-
|International Conference of The Wesleyan Church: History||65–70
|-
|International Conference of The Wesleyan Church: Purpose||2650
|-
|International Conference of The Wesleyan Church: Representatives to||2670
|-
|International Conference, Pilgrim Holiness||50
|-
|International Holiness Church||28
|-
|International Holiness Union and Prayer League||24
|-
|Interpretation of church law||375:1–6; 1920:24–27
|-
|Interracial marriage||360:3(d)
|-
|Intervention, power of||4250
|-
|Intoxicants||8; 11; 265:4; 410:4
|-
|Investigative committee||970; 5012
|-
|Investigation, judicial, withdrawal while under||592
|-
|Investment Foundation, Wesleyan||4310:5
|-
|Iowa-Minnesota district||2403:12; 2445; 2470
|-
|Itinerant ministry||360:3(b)
|-
|} 
 
== J ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Jamaica||17:2; 18; 35
|-
|Japan||18; 2490
|-
|Jesus Korea Wesleyan Church, South Korea||80
|-
|Journal: District conference||1178
|-
|Journal: General Conference||1585
|-
|Judicial committee: Local||970
|-
|Judicial oaths||410:10
|-
|Judiciary, general principles:||5000–5004
|-
|Judiciary, general principles: Administration of church discipline||5002
|-
|Judiciary, general principles: Conflict resolution||5004
|-
|Judiciary, general principles: Meaning and purpose of church discipline||5000–5004
|-
|Justification, Article of Religion||230
|-
|}
 
== K ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Kansas district||2403:13; 2445; 2470
|-
|Kentucky-Tennessee district||2403:14; 2440; 2465
|-
|Kingswood University||2365:3; 2455; 2460; 2465; 2470
|-
|Knapp, Martin Wells||24
|-
|Korea, South||80; 2490
|-
|} 
 
== L ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|La Iglesia Wesleyana de Colombia||80
|-
|Labor unions||265:4
|-
|Law: Constitutional||125–145
|-
|Law: Ritual||175
|-
|Law: Statutory||155–165
|-
|Lay delegate||SEE Delegates
|-
|Lay evangelist||3210:5; 3450–3470; 6360–6380
|-
|Lay leader||833
|-
|Lay minister: Course of study||3210:4
|-
|Lay minister: Duties||3430
|-
|Lay minister: Granting license to||3410
|-
|Lay minister: Identification||3400
|-
|Lay minister: Letter of standing||3440:3; 6220
|-
|Lay minister: License form||6200
|-
|Lay minister: Regulations for||3440
|-
|Lay minister: Renewal of license||3420
|-
|Lay ministries, special||3400–3490
|-
|Lay missionary, commissioned||3490
|-
|Lay pastoral assistants||744
|-
|Leadership Commitments||558
|-
|Leadership training: District director of||1486
|-
|Leadership training: General program||2310:4
|-
|Lee, Luther||7
|-
|L’Eglise Wesleyenne d’Haiti||80
|-
|Leisure time||265:3; 410:12
|-
|Letters: Acknowledgment of district letter of transfer||6450
|-
|Letters: Acknowledgment of local letter of transfer||6010
|-
|Letters: Basis for reception of members||565; 580
|-
|Letters: Notice of transfer||6020
|-
|Letters: Recommendation from other denominations||570
|-
|Letters: Recommendation to other denominations||590; 6030
|-
|Letters: Standing for lay minister||3440:3; 6220
|-
|Letters: Standing for minister||3100:3, 5–6; 6460
|-
|Letters: Standing for special worker||3480; 6460
|-
|Letters: Transfer for member||575–580; 6000–6020
|-
|Letters: Transfer for minister||3100:1, 5–6; 6440
|-
|Letters: Transfer for special worker||3100:1, 5–6; 6440
|-
|Letters: Withdrawal of member||592; 6040
|-
|Liberia||80
|-
|License: District, ministerial||3033–3040; 6260
|-
|License: Lay minister’s||3410–3420; 6200
|-
|License: Special worker’s||3460; 6360
|-
|Licensed minister: Church membership||3097–3100
|-
|Licensed minister: Course of study||3210:1
|-
|Licensed minister: Credentials||3055:2
|-
|Licensed minister: Duties of||3051
|-
|Licensed minister: From another denomination||3104
|-
|Licensed minister: Identification||3030
|-
|Licensed minister: License form||6260
|-
|Licensed minister: Licensing of||3033
|-
|Licensed minister: Listing||1240:3
|-
|Licensed minister: Membership in district conference||317; 1083:2–3; 1090:3
|-
|Licensed minister: Regulations for||3055, 3093
|-
|Licensed minister: Renewing license of||3040; 3145
|-
|Licensed minister: Rights of||3044
|-
|Licensed minister: Transfer of||313:6; 3044:5; 3055:3; 3100:1; 6440
|-
|Licensed special worker||1240:5(c); 3460; 3480
|-
|Literature secretary, local||928
|-
|Loan guarantees||4120:6; 4890
|-
|Local advisory council, developing church||510:2–3
|-
|Local Board of Administration:||750–795
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Chair||770
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Duties and powers||782
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Evaluation session||767
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Function||750
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Governance philosophy||750
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Membership||752–757
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Nomination of||823
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Organizational options||752
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Quorum||778
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Secretary||775
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Sessions||760–767
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Vice-chair||773
|-
|Local Board of Administration: Voting||780
|-
|Local board of trustees||315:6; 850–859
|-
|Local Church: Advisory committee||795
|-
|Local Church: Age-level Christian education committees||878
|-
|Local Church: Assistant treasurer||845:1
|-
|Local Church: Auditing committee or auditor||863
|-
|Local Church: Board||750–782
|-
|Local Church: Boundaries||323:5; 1180:25
|-
|Local Church: Building committee||856:6
|-
|Local Church: Business meeting||630–633
|-
|Local Church: Children’s church committee, director, staff||880:2, 7–8
|-
|Local Church: Committees||800
|-
|Local Church: Communion committee||873
|-
|Local Church: Conference||625–655
|-
|Local Church: Corporation||4000–4070
|-
|Local Church: Custodial staff||782:16; 856:5
|-
|Local Church: Day care and/or day school||655:19; 782:36; 1233:35
|-
|Local Church: Definition||240
|-
|Local Church: Delegate to district conference||965; 1086; 1100–1109
|-
|Local Church: Educational director||965; 1086; 1100–1109
|-
|Local Church: Evangelism committee and secretary||935; 960
|-
|Local Church: Family life ministries, promotion of||880:20
|-
|Local Church: Fellowship committee||880:19
|-
|Local Church: Finance and stewardship committee||865–868
|-
|Local Church: Financial secretary||845:2
|-
|Local Church: Function||500
|-
|Local Church: Governance philosophy||781
|-
|Local Church: Governed by district||323:1, 5
|-
|Local Church: Government||500–970
|-
|Local Church: Judicial committee||970; 5105:3; 5110
|-
|Local Church: Jurisdiction||5105; 5125
|-
|Local Church: Lay leader||833
|-
|Local Church: Literature secretary||928
|-
|Local Church: Loan guarantees by district||4120:6; 4890
|-
|Local Church: Minimum organization||807–810
|-
|Local Church: Missions committee and secretary||930; 955–958
|-
|Local Church: Musicians and music committee||870–873
|-
|Local Church: Nominating committee||820–823
|-
|Local Church: Offering teller||845:3
|-
|Local Church: Office staff||725:29; 782:16
|-
|Local Church: Officers||800; 815; 823. SEE ALSO Local church officers
|-
|Local Church: Organization:||500–542
|-
|Local Church: Organization: Developing district, in||542
|-
|Local Church: Property||315:6; 4650–4780
|-
|Local Church: Quarterly meeting||630:2
|-
|Local Church: Relation to a circuit||525
|-
|Local Church: Reorganization of||5320–5325
|-
|Local Church: Rights of||315
|-
|Local Church: Secretary||775; 830
|-
|Local Church: Sunday school committee, staff, superintendent||885–913
|-
|Local Church: Tithing secretary||845:2
|-
|Local Church: Treasurer||752, 842
|-
|Local Church: Trustees||850–859
|-
|Local Church: Ushering committee||873
|-
|Local Church: Vacation Bible School committee, staff||880:2, 8
|-
|Local Church: Vice-chair of LBA||773
|-
|Local Church: Witness and membership committee||835–837
|-
|Local Church:||SEE ALSO circuit; established church; mission; pastoral charge; developing church
|-
|Local Church Conference:||625–655
|-
|Local Church Conference: Chair||635
|-
|Local Church Conference: Characteristic of established church||518
|-
|Local Church Conference: Composition||625
|-
|Local Church Conference: Definition||625
|-
|Local Church Conference: Duties and powers||655
|-
|Local Church Conference: Function||625
|-
|Local Church Conference: Membership||625
|-
|Local Church Conference: Notice of sessions||630–633
|-
|Local Church Conference: Order of business||650
|-
|Local Church Conference: Quorum||640
|-
|Local Church Conference: Rules of order||645
|-
|Local Church Conference: Secretary||638
|-
|Local Church Conference: Sessions||520:5; 630–633
|-
|Local Church Conference: Voting||643
|-
|Local Church Education: Age-level division||878
|-
|Local Church Education: Duties||880
|-
|Local Church Education: Membership||875
|-
|Local Church Education: Sunday School:||885–913
|-
|Local Church Education: Sunday School: Administration||887
|-
|Local Church Education: Sunday School: Amenability||910
|-
|Local Church Education: Sunday School: Departmental supervision||900
|-
|Local Church Education: Sunday School: Director of Discipleship||890
|-
|Local Church Education: Sunday School: Function||885
|-
|Local Church Education: Sunday School: Secretary||895
|-
|Local Church Education: Sunday School: Sunday school committee||903
|-
|Local Church Education: Sunday School: Superintendent||889
|-
|Local Church Education: Sunday School: Teachers||906
|-
|Local Church Education: Sunday School: Treasurer||898
|-
|Local Church Officers: Definition and regulations||815
|-
|Local Church Officers: Installation ritual||5915
|-
|Local Church Officers: List of||800
|-
|Local Church Officers: Nomination of||823
|-
|Local church organization||500–548
|-
|Local educational director||926
|-
|Local judicial committee||970
|-
|Local preacher||SEE Lay minister
|-
|Lodges||SEE Secret societies
|-
|Lord’s Day: Merchandising on||410:7
|-
|Lord’s Day: Sanctity of||265:1
|-
|Lord’s Supper: Administrants of||313:1; 725:6; 3044:1; 3075:1
|-
|Lord’s Supper: Article of Religion||242
|-
|Lord’s Supper: Frequency of observance||293; 725:6
|-
|Lord’s Supper: Means of grace||265:9
|-
|Lord’s Supper: Right of access to||302:2
|-
|Lord’s Supper: Ritual of||5600–5635
|-
|Louisiana||SEE Mountain Plains district
|-
|}
 
== M ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Maine||SEE Atlantic district
|-
|Manitoba||SEE Central Canada district
|-
|Marion, Indiana||16
|-
|Marriage: Article of Religion||222
|-
|Marriage: Minister and||3108–3112; 5251
|-
|Marriage: Ministerial orders and||3012
|-
|Marriage: Minister’s care in performing||3111–3112
|-
|Marriage: Officiants||725:7
|-
|Marriage: Remarriage||410:6; 3111
|-
|Marriage: Ritual of||5650–5680
|-
|Marriage:||SEE ALSO divorce
|-
|Maryland||SEE Chesapeake district
|-
|Massachusetts||SEE Eastern New York-New England district
|-
|Matlack, Lucius C.||7
|-
|Matrimony, rite of||5650–5680
|-
|Means of grace||265:9
|-
|Members, church||SEE Church member, membership
|-
|Membership: Of ministers||3097–3100
|-
|Membership: Of pastors, senior pastors, and associate pastors||578:2
|-
|Membership classes||568; 725:11; 782:8; 880:11
|-
|Membership committee, local||835–837
|-
|Membership commitments||3; 260–268; 558
|-
|Membership||550–610
|-
|Membership, reception ritual||5550–5595
|-
|Membership roll: In affiliate church||7005
|-
|Membership roll: In established churches||610
|-
|Membership roll: In developing church||510:2
|-
|Membership roll: In mission church||537
|-
|Membership, student||564–565
|-
|Memorials: By district conference||1153
|-
|Memorials: By local church conference||655:9
|-
|Memorials: Committee, General Conference||1565
|-
|Memorials: To the General Conference||1557–1560
|-
|Mentally incompetent, salvation of||226
|-
|Merchandising on Lord’s Day||410:7
|-
|Merger: Basis||50
|-
|Merger: Historical||50
|-
|Merger: Of churches||1233:34
|-
|Merger: Of districts||1060–1065
|-
|Methodist Episcopal Church||4–7; 11
|-
|Methodists||2–6; 11–12. SEE ALSO Wesleyan Methodist
|-
|Methods of fund raising||SEE Fund raising, methods of
|-
|Mexico||18; 29; 35; 80
|-
|Michigan||7, 20, 31, See: East Michigan district, North Michigan district, and West Michigan district
|-
|Military chaplains||1240:1(a5); 3330
|-
|Military service||410:3
|-
|Minimum organization: Local church||518:3; 810
|-
|Minimum organization: Mission||537
|-
|Minimum organization: Developing church||807
|-
|Minister||SEE Ministry, the
|-
|Minister of Christian education||880:5; 3210:2
|-
|Minister of music||870; 3210:2
|-
|Ministerial Appointments:||3250–3390
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Administrator||1240:1(a4); 3320; 3335
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Assistant pastor||741; 1240:1(a2); 3255
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Associate general evangelist||1240:1(a2); 3280
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Associate pastor||738; 1240:1(a2); 3255
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Categories of service||3250
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Chaplains, military||1240:1(a5); 3330; 3335
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Educator||1240:1(a4); 3310; 3335
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Evangelist||1240:1(a3); 3280–3295
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: General evangelists||1240:1(a3); 3285:1
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Interchurch service||1240:1(a6); 3335
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Interim pastor||1240:1(a2); 3261
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Minister in process of transfer||1240:1(f, g); 1240:2(e); 1240:3(d); 3104
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Missionary||1240:1(a4); 3300; 3335
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Ordained minister in process of transfer, denomination||1240:1(g); 3104
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Ordained minister in process of transfer, district||1240:1(f)
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Ordained minister on educational leave||1240:1(d); 3350:1
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Ordained minister on reserve||1240:1(c); 3360
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Ordained minister without appointment||1240:1(e); 3380
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Pastor||725; 735; 1240:1(a2); 3255–3260
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Reserve general evangelist||1240:1(a3); 3285:2
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Retired ordained ministers||1240:1(b); 3370
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Special service||1240:1(a7); 3345
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Student||1240:4; 3350
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Supply pastor||1240:5(e); 3260
|-
|Ministerial Appointments: Without appointment||1240:1(e); 3380
|-
|Ministerial Credentials: Commissioned minister||3059:1(g)
|-
|Ministerial Credentials: Ordained minister||3089:2
|-
|Ministerial Credentials: Licensed minister||3055:2
|-
|Ministerial Development, District Board of||1375–1390
|-
|Ministerial Education:||3150–3240
|-
|Ministerial Education: Administration of||310; 3160
|-
|Ministerial Education: College||3170:2
|-
|Ministerial Education: Continuing education||3240
|-
|Ministerial Education: Correspondence course||3170:3
|-
|Ministerial Education: Course of study||3200–3210
|-
|Ministerial Education: Priority of||3150
|-
|Ministerial Education: Programs of study||3170
|-
|Ministerial Education: Seminary||3170:1
|-
|Ministerial Education: Training outside The Wesleyan Church||3170:4
|-
|Ministerial Education: Types of||3170–3240
|-
|Ministerial membership||310; 313:6; 3097–3100
|-
|Ministerial Orders and Regulations:||3000
|-
|Ministerial Orders and Regulations: Commissioned minister||3059
|-
|Ministerial Orders and Regulations: Ordained minister||3067
|-
|Ministerial Orders and Regulations: Licensed minister||3030–3055; 3093
|-
|Ministerial qualifications||310; 3003–3012
|-
|Ministerial relationships||313:5; 3044:3; 3075:4; 3114–3117
|-
|Ministerial rights||313; 3044; 3075
|-
|Ministerial Student:||3015:1; 3350:2
|-
|Ministerial Student: District license form||6260
|-
|Ministerial Student: District listing||1240:4
|-
|Ministerial Student: Duties||3015:4
|-
|Ministerial Student: Recommendation for||6420
|-
|Ministerial Student: Regulations||3015:5
|-
|Ministerial Student: Renewing License||3015:2
|-
|Ministerial Student: Rights||3015:3
|-
|Ministerial Study Course Agency||2385–2388
|-
|Ministerial study course certificate||3033:3; 3059:1(c); 3070:3; 3420; 6410
|-
|Ministerial training||SEE Ministerial education
|-
|Ministry, The:||310–313; 3000–3490
|-
|Ministry, The: Appointments||3250–3390
|-
|Ministry, The: Call||3000–3006
|-
|Ministry, The: Categories of service||3250
|-
|Ministry, The: Church membership||3097–3100
|-
|Ministry, The: Commissioned minister||317; 1240:2; 3059
|-
|Ministry, The: District appointment of ministers||323:1; 1180:12, 26; 1233:10; 1240
|-
|Ministry, The: District supervision of ministers||1180:24–30; 1310:25–29; 1390; 1402
|-
|Ministry, The: Education||3150–3240
|-
|Ministry, The: Ordained minister||317; 3067–3089; 3093
|-
|Ministry, The: Elementary principles governing||270–286
|-
|Ministry, The: General regulations for||3093
|-
|Ministry, The: Lay minister||3400–3440; 6200–6220
|-
|Ministry, The: Licensed minister||317; 3030–3055; 3093; 6260
|-
|Ministry, The: Listing of ministers||1240
|-
|Ministry, The: Marriage and the minister||3012; 3108–3112
|-
|Ministry, The: Meaning of||3000
|-
|Ministry, The: Membership of ministers||3097–3100
|-
|Ministry, The: Ministerial student||1240:4; 3015:1; 3350:2; 6260; 6420
|-
|Ministry, The: Ordained minister||3067–3089; 3093
|-
|Ministry, The: Orders||3000
|-
|Ministry, The: Qualifications||3000–3006
|-
|Ministry, The: Reception from another denomination||3104
|-
|Ministry, The: Regulations||3000
|-
|Ministry, The: Relationship to other ministers and churches||3114–3117
|-
|Ministry, The: Reinstatement of ministers||3120–3124
|-
|Ministry, The: Restoration of ministers||5230, 5251
|-
|Ministry, The: Special advice||3093
|-
|Ministry, The: Special lay ministers||3400–3490
|-
|Ministry, The: Specialized minister,||3003–3006
|-
|Minnesota.||SEE Iowa-Minnesota district
|-
|Minutes, district conference||1178
|-
|Mision Methodista Zion, Honduras||80
|-
|Mission: In a developing district||542
|-
|Mission: Local||537; 655:15; 782:6; 1180:24
|-
|Mission: Of The Wesleyan Church||100–105
|-
|Mission District: General information||360:3(e); 1035
|-
|Missionary: Lay, commissioned||1240:5(d); 3490
|-
|Missionary: Ministerial appointment as||3300
|-
|Missionary: Regulations governing a||2272
|-
|Missionary Bands of the World||17:2
|-
|Missionary Bands of the World, Inc., The||4230
|-
|Missionary conventions, local||958:2, 4; 1429:5
|-
|Missionary objectives||2258–2259; 2500
|-
|Missionary Society of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, Inc., The||4230
|-
|Missions: Local committee on||955–958
|-
|Missions: Local director of||930
|-
|Mississippi||SEE South Coastal district
|-
|Missouri||SEE Tri-State district
|-
|Modesty in apparel||410:13
|-
|Monogamy||222: 265:6
|-
|Montana||SEE Northwest district
|-
|Moral purity||410:5
|-
|Mountain Plains district||2430:15; 2445; 2470
|-
|Moving Wesleyans||598; 725:13
|-
|Mozambique||33; 35; 80
|-
|Music: Committee, local||870–873
|-
|Music: Director||870; 3210:5; 3460–3470; 6360–6380
|-
|Music: Minister of||870; 3210:2
|-
|Music: Musicians, local||870
|-
|Music: Song evangelist||3450
|-
|Myanmar||80
|-
|}
 
== N ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Name adaptations||80; 205; 340:2
|-
|Name of denomination||205
|-
|Native Ministries||2310:9
|-
|Narcotics||410:4
|-
|National Holiness Association||12
|-
|Nebraska||SEE Mountain Plains district
|-
|Neglect, persistent||305:4; 585:4; 600–605. SEE ALSO Discontinue church members
|-
|Nepal||18
|-
|Nevada||SEE Pacific Southwest district and Southwest Hispanic district
|-
|Nevis||35
|-
|New birth||230
|-
|New Brunswick, province of||SEE Atlantic district
|-
|New Church Plant adjustment USF||2005:3
|-
|Newfoundland||SEE Atlantic district
|-
|New Guinea||18
|-
|New Hampshire||SEE Eastern New York-New England district
|-
|New Jersey||SEE Penn-Jersey district
|-
|New Mexico||SEE Mountain Plains District
|-
|New Testament, Article of Religion||218
|-
|New York||8, 33, SEE: Central New York district Eastern New York and New England district Penn-Jersey district and Western New York district
|-
|New Zealand||80
|-
|Nicaragua||80
|-
|Nominating committee: Circuit||535
|-
|Nominating committee: Consideration for diversity||1175:3
|-
|Nominating committee: District conference||1172–1175
|-
|Nominating committee: General Conference||1563; 1580
|-
|Nominating committee: Local church||655:3; 820–823
|-
|North American General Conference||2550
|-
|North Carolina East district||2403:16; 2440; 2465
|-
|North Carolina West district||2403:17; 2440; 2465
|-
|North Central Area: Educational Area||2455
|-
|North Central Area: Representative Area||2430
|-
|North Dakota||SEE Northwest district
|-
|North Michigan District||2403:18; 2430; 2455
|-
|Northeastern Area: Educational Area||2460
|-
|Northeastern Area: Representative Area||2435
|-
|Northwest District||2403:19; 2445; 2470
|-
|Nova Scotia, province of||2403:1
|-
|November Self-Denial offering||2050:1–3
|-
|Nunavut||SEE Central Canada district
|} 
 
== O ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Oaths: Judicial||410:10
|-
|Oaths:||SEE ALSO Secret societies
|-
|Objectives: Discipleship||2306
|-
|Objectives: Educational||2339
|-
|Objectives: Evangelism||2306
|-
|Objectives: Membership||551
|-
|Objectives: Missionary||2258–2259; 2500
|-
|Objectives: Wesleyan Church, of The||100–105; 200
|-
|Observance of sacraments||290–293
|-
|Offenses||5004–5006; 5010
|-
|Offering teller||845:3
|-
|Office of the General Secretary||SEE Communication and Administration Division
|-
|Office of the General Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer||1970–1976
|-
|Office staff, local church: Authorized by local conference||655:11
|-
|Office staff, local church: Employed by local board||782:17
|-
|Office staff, local church: Nominated by pastor||725:29
|-
|Officers: District||1250
|-
|Officers: General Church||1800
|-
|Officers: Local church||800; 815
|-
|Ohio||SEE Greater Ohio district
|-
|Oklahoma||SEE Tri-State district
|-
|Oklahoma Wesleyan University||2365:4, 2470
|-
|Old Testament, Article of Religion||218
|-
|Ontario, Province of||SEE Central Canada district
|-
|Order of business, local church conference||650
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Appointed||317; 1240:1(a); 3250–3345
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Credentials of||3089:2
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Definition||310; 3067
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Duties of||3085
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Educational leave||1240:1(d); 3350:1
|-
|Ordained Ministers: From another denomination||323:3; 3104; cf. 6320
|-
|Ordained Ministers: In process of transfer||1240:1(f, g); 3104; 3390
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Listing||1240:1
|-
|Ordained Ministers: On loan||1240:1(a2); 3100:2
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Ordination certificate||6300
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Ordination service||3070:6; 5750–5792
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Qualifications for ordination||323:3; 3070
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Regulations for||3089
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Reserve||317; 12240:1(c); 3360
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Retired||317; 1240:1(b); 3370
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Rights of:||313; 3075
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Rights of: Transfer of||313:6; 3075:6; 3100:1
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Voluntary filing of credentials||3085:3; 3124–3127
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Voluntary surrender of credentials||3085:4; 3089:4
|-
|Ordained Ministers: Without appointment||1240:1(e); 3380
|-
|Ordination: Certificate||3070:7; 6300
|-
|Ordination: Council of||1405
|-
|Ordination: Emergency||3070:5
|-
|Ordination: In developing district||1012
|-
|Ordination: Public service of||3070:6
|-
|Ordination: Qualification for||3070
|-
|Ordination: Regulated by General Conference||310
|-
|Ordination: Ritual||5750–5792
|-
|Oregon||SEE Northwest district
|-
|Organist, local||870
|-
|Organized church||SEE Established church
|-
|Original sin||224
|-
|}
 
== P ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Pacific Southwest district||2403:20; 2445; 2470
|-
|Pakistan||80
|-
|Papua New Guinea||18
|-
|Parliamentary procedure||360:1; 645; 1138; 1547; 1590:15
|-
|Parsonage:||313:4; 528:5; 532
|-
|Parsonage: Dedication ritual||5975
|-
|Parsonage:||SEE ALSO Property, local church
|-
|Pastor:||675–725
|-
|Pastor: Assistant||678; 725:29; 741
|-
|Pastor: Associate||678; 725:29; 738
|-
|Pastor: Call||705; 720
|-
|Pastor: Duties and powers||725
|-
|Pastor: Extended call||720
|-
|Pastor: Function||675–678
|-
|Pastor: Initial call||705–715
|-
|Pastor: Installation ritual||5905
|-
|Pastor: Lay assistants to,||744
|-
|Pastor: Membership of||578:2; 3097–3100
|-
|Pastor: Of a circuit||503; 528:1; 530
|-
|Pastor: Of a developing church||510:1–3
|-
|Pastor: Of two or more pastoral charges||503
|-
|Pastor: Regular pastoral service||3255
|-
|Pastor: Removal||712; 722:2–3
|-
|Pastor: Renewal of call||718–722
|-
|Pastor: Resignation||710; 722:1
|-
|Pastor: Sabbatical||724
|-
|Pastor: Senior pastor||678; 735
|-
|Pastor: Supply||3260
|-
|Pastor: Voting on||690–722. SEE ALSO Pastoral vote, voting
|-
|Pastoral agreement||313:3; 315:2; 323:1–2; 697; 723; 1180:26
|-
|Pastoral appointment||503; 3255
|-
|Pastoral call||SEE Pastoral agreement
|-
|Pastoral change, time of||700
|-
|Pastoral charge||315
|-
|Pastoral contract||SEE Pastoral agreement
|-
|Pastoral engagement||SEE Pastoral agreement
|-
|Pastoral relationship||SEE Pastoral agreement
|-
|Pastoral service||1240:1(a2); 3255
|-
|Pastoral support, annual review of||723
|-
|Pastoral vote, voting: Calling session of local church conference for||633:3
|-
|Pastoral vote, voting: Extended call||720
|-
|Pastoral vote, voting: General regulations||692–695
|-
|Pastoral vote, voting: Initial call||705–715
|-
|Pastoral vote, voting: Jurisdiction in||690
|-
|Pastoral vote, voting: Manner of||690–722
|-
|Pastoral vote, voting: Renewal of call||718–722
|-
|Pastor’s advisory committee||795
|-
|Peace||410:2
|-
|Penalties||5115–5120
|-
|Penn-Jersey district||2403:21; 2435; 2460
|-
|Pennsylvania||SEE Central New York district, Penn-Jersey district, Western New York district, and Western Pennsylvania district
|-
|Pension||SEE Wesleyan Pension Fund
|-
|Pentecost Bands of the World, Inc.||4230
|-
|Pentecostal Brethren in Christ||30
|-
|Pentecostal Rescue Mission||28
|-
|People’s Mission Church||31
|-
|Perfection, Christian||1; 236
|-
|Persistent neglect||305:4; 585:4; 600– 605
|-
|Personal choice, Article of Religion||224, cf. 220
|-
|Personal grievances,||5008
|-
|Personnel records||1387:3
|-
|Peru||32; 35; 80
|-
|Philippine General Conference||2485; 2560; 6750:2
|-
|Philippines||35; 65; 80; 2485; 2560; 6750:2
|-
|Pianist, local||870
|-
|Pilgrim Church, The||29
|-
|Pilgrim Holiness Church Corp.||4230
|-
|Pilgrim Holiness Church, The||23–50
|-
|Pilgrim Pension Plan, Inc., The||4410:1
|-
|Pilgrim Wesleyan Church, Zambia||80
|-
|Planned gifts||1995
|-
|Pocket certificate of standing||6430
|-
|Policies||SEE Financial policies; General Board Policies
|-
|Policy planning committees: For district conference||1165–1168
|-
|Policy planning committees: For General Conference, Memorials Committee||1565
|-
|Pornography||410:12
|-
|Post-secondary education by local church||655:18; 1180:27; 1655:36
|-
|Prayer: In public schools||410:8
|-
|Prayer: Means of grace||265:9
|-
|Preacher, local||SEE Lay minister
|-
|Preaching: Means of grace||265:9
|-
|Preaching: Right of ministers||313:1; 3044:1; 3059:2; 3075:1
|-
|Preamble to North American Constitution||200
|-
|Precedent corporations||4230; 4410:2
|-
|Premillennialism||24
|-
|Pre-ordination course of study||3210:1
|-
|President pro tem of General Conference||332
|-
|Prince Edward Island||SEE Central Canada District
|-
|Private judgment||274
|-
|Privileged communications||725:9
|-
|Privileges of members||302
|-
|Process of transfer: Commissioned minister||1090:3; 1240:2(e); 3104
|-
|Process of transfer: Commissioned special worker||1240:5(b); 3470
|-
|Process of transfer: Ordained minister||1090:2; 1240:1(g); 3104
|-
|Process of transfer: Licensed minister||1090:3; 1240:3(d); 3104
|-
|Profanity||265:1
|-
|Prohibition||265:4, 410:4
|-
|Property, district:||323:8; 4800–4890
|-
|Property, District: Board of trustees||4855
|-
|Property, District: Developing district||4650; 4800
|-
|Property, District: Established district||4660; 4830–4855
|-
|Property, District:  Loan Guarantees||4890
|-
|Property, District: Management and control||4840
|-
|Property, District: Ownership||4680; 4830
|-
|Property, District: Provisional district||4650; 4810–4820
|-
|Property, District: Rights to property||4870–4880
|-
|Property, General:||4500–4630
|-
|Property, General: Application of regulations||4500
|-
|Property, General: Definition of terms||4570–4580
|-
|Property, General: Local laws||4510
|-
|Property, General: Restrictions||4550, 4560
|-
|Property, General: Trust clause and release||4590–4630
|-
|Property, General: Trustees||4520–4560
|-
|Property, General Church:||4900–4940
|-
|Property, General Church: Bequests and devises||4940
|-
|Property, General Church: Incorporation||4900
|-
|Property, General Church: Ownership||4920
|-
|Property, Local Church:||315:6; 4650–4780
|-
|Property, Local Church: Abandoned||4730
|-
|Property, Local Church: Circuit||528:5; 532; 4740–4750
|-
|Property, Local Church: Developing church||510:3–4; 4650–4670
|-
|Property, Local Church: Established church||518:4; 4680–4730
|-
|Property, Local Church: Loan guarantees by district||4120:6; 4890
|-
|Property, Local Church: Ownership||4680
|-
|Property, Local Church: Property transactions||4700–4720
|-
|Property, Local Church: Records||4760
|-
|Property, Local Church: Rights to||4770–4780
|-
|Property, Local Church: Trust clause and release||4690
|-
|Public life, religion in||410:8
|-
|Public Morals and Social Concerns||1655:44
|-
|Public schools: Bible reading and prayer in||410:8
|-
|Public schools: Questionable activities in||410:9
|-
|Public worship||SEE Worship, public
|-
|Publications||2115:6, 10–15
|-
|Publishing House, Wesleyan||SEE Wesleyan Publishing House
|-
|Puerto Rico||18; 80
|-
|Pulpit supply||782:18
|-
|Purpose for man, God’s||220
|-
|}
 
== Q ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Quadrennial review of extended call||720:2
|-
|Qualifications: For membership||297
|-
|Qualifications: Of ministers||SEE Ministerial qualifications
|-
|Quarterly session||630:2
|-
|Quebec||SEE Central Canada district
|-
|Quorum: Board of Review||5425:3
|-
|Quorum: District board of administration||1227
|-
|Quorum: District conference||1129
|-
|Quorum: Executive Board||1775
|-
|Quorum: General Board||1640
|-
|Quorum: General Conference||336; 1543
|-
|Quorum: Local board of administration||778
|-
|Quorum: Local church conference||640
|-
|}
 
== R ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Racial equality||265:12, 360:3(d)
|-
|Realignment of districts||1060–1065
|-
|Reception of members||565–570; 633:2; 5550–5595
|-
|Reclassification: Of established district||1042–1045
|-
|Reclassification: Of local church||518:5; 859:5
|-
|Reclassification: Of member||605
|-
|Reclassification: Of provisional district||1034
|-
|Recommendation by local church to district conference: Of local workers||315:4
|-
|Recommendation by local church to district conference: Of ministerial students||655:8; 782:21; 3015:1; 6420
|-
|Recommendation by local church to district conference: Of special workers||315:4; 3460; 6420
|-
|Recommendation, letters of: From other denominations||570
|-
|Recommendation, letters of: To other denominations||590; 6030
|-
|Reconvened session, district conference||1115
|-
|Record of membership||610
|-
|Records: District||1332:6; 4760
|-
|Records: Local church||830:5; 4760
|-
|Records: Property||4760
|-
|Recourse||302:4; 313:7; 315:8; 323:10
|-
|Rees, Seth C.||24
|-
|Reform, social: Historical background||8; 13; 23
|-
|Reform, social:||SEE ALSO Social responsibilities
|-
|Reformed Baptist Church of Canada||17:3
|-
|Regeneration: Article of Religion||230
|-
|Regeneration: Condition of membership||297:1; 553:1
|-
|Regeneration: Historical background||12–13; 24
|-
|Reinstatement: Of ministers or special workers||3120–3124
|-
|Released time classes||880:2; 2305
|-
|Religion, Articles of:||210–250
|-
|Religion, Articles of: Summary of||299
|-
|Religion in public life||410:8
|-
|Remarriage||410:6; 3111; 3108
|-
|Removal: Of local Christian education workers||880:9
|-
|Removal: Of local church officers||655:6; 782:25; 815:4
|-
|Removal: Of local officials||782:26; 825:4
|-
|Removal: Of pastor||712; 722:2–3
|-
|Removal: Power of||5288
|-
|Renewal of call||718–722
|-
|Reorganization: Of districts||5375
|-
|Reorganization: Of local churches||5320–5325; 5385
|-
|Repentance: Article of Religion on||228
|-
|Repentance: For sin of divorce||410:6
|-
|Representative areas||1590:12; 2430–2445
|-
|Reserve ordained minister||317; 1240:1(c); 3360
|-
|Reserve general evangelist||3270–3275; 3285:2; 3295
|-
|Resignation: Of local church officers||815:2
|-
|Resignation: Of other local officials||825:5
|-
|Resignation: Of pastor||710; 722:1
|-
|Resolutions: District conference||1150–1156; 1165–1168; 1233:9
|-
|Resolutions: Local church conference||655:9
|-
|Restart project||510:6
|-
|Restoration: Of backslider||234
|-
|Restoration: Of church members||268
|-
|Restoration: Of ministers||1935:41; 3120–3124; 5230–5251
|-
|Resurrection: Of Christ, Article of Religion||214
|-
|Resurrection: Of the dead, Article of Religion||246
|-
|Retired ordained minister||317; 1240:1(b); 3370
|-
|Review: District Board of||1370; 5218–5221
|-
|Review: General Board of||370–380; 5400–5450
|-
|Revitalization project||510:6
|-
|Revivals, local||837:2
|-
|Rhode Island||SEE Eastern New York- New England district
|-
|Rhodesia||18
|-
|Right hand of fellowship in reception of members||553:4
|-
|Rights: Discrimination forbidden||360:3d
|-
|Rights: Equal||410:1
|-
|Rights: Members||302; 555
|-
|Rights: Inherent individual||265:12
|-
|Rights: Ministers||313; 3044; 3075
|-
|Rights: Commissioned||3059:2
|-
|Rights: Ministerial student||3015:3
|-
|Rights: Natural||220
|-
|Rights: Rights of the accused||5040
|-
|Rights of property||4770–4780; 4870–4880
|-
|Rites and ceremonies||420
|-
|Ritual: Current authority for||185
|-
|Ritual: Definition||175
|-
|Ritual: Degree of flexibility in use||175
|-
|Ritual:||SEE ALSO Rites and ceremonies
|-
|Ritual of baptism:||5510–5530
|-
|Ritual of baptism: Adults||290; 5515
|-
|Ritual of baptism: Affirmation of parental vows||5530
|-
|Ritual of baptism: Believers||5515
|-
|Ritual of baptism: Children||290; 5515
|-
|Ritual of baptism: Infants||5500
|-
|Ritual of burial of dead||5700–5725
|-
|Ritual of commissioning lay workers||5855
|-
|Ritual of commissioning ministers||5800–5845
|-
|Ritual of dedication services:||5950–5975
|-
|Ritual of dedication services: Church building||5950
|-
|Ritual of dedication services: Parsonage||5975
|-
|Ritual of Infant dedication||5500
|-
|Ritual of installation services:||5900–5945
|-
|Ritual of installation services: College president||5945
|-
|Ritual of installation services: District superintendent||5930
|-
|Ritual of installation services: General officials||5935
|-
|Ritual of installation services: Local church officers||5915
|-
|Ritual of installation services: Pastor||5905
|-
|Ritual of Lord’s Supper:||5600–5635
|-
|Ritual of Lord’s Supper: Longer form||5635
|-
|Ritual of Lord’s Supper: Shorter form||5615
|-
|Ritual of marriage: Longer form||5650
|-
|Ritual of marriage: Shorter form||5680
|-
|Ritual of ordination of ordained ministers||5750–5792
|-
|Ritual of reception of members:||5550–5595
|-
|Ritual of reception of members: Members||5565
|-
|Ritual of reception of members: Student members||5577
|-
|Ritual of reception of members: Transfers||5570
|-
|Rules of a helper (John Wesley)||3093
|-
|Rules of order: Established by General Conference||360:1; 1590:15
|-
|Rules of order: For district conference||1138
|-
|Rules of order: For General Conference||1547
|-
|Rules of order: For local church conference||645
|-
|Rules on church law||2060–2068; Appendix B
|-
|} 
 
== S ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Sabbath||35
|-
|Sabbath observance: Membership Commitment on||265:1
|-
|Sabbath observance: Merchandising on Lord’s Day opposed||410:7
|-
|Sabbatical||724
|-
|Sacraments: Access to||302:2
|-
|Sacraments: Article of Religion||242
|-
|Sacraments: Observance of||290–293
|-
|Sacraments:||SEE ALSO Baptism; Lord’s Supper
|-
|St. Croix||35
|-
|St. Kitts||35
|-
|St. Thomas||35
|-
|St. Vincent||35
|-
|Salvation||230; 297:1; 553:1
|-
|Sanctification: Entire||236
|-
|Sanctification: Initial||236
|-
|Sanctification: Progressive||236
|-
|Saskatchewan||SEE Central Canada district
|-
|School: Elementary||655:18–19; 1233:35; 2305
|-
|School: Post-secondary||655:18; 1180:27
|-
|School: Secondary||655:18
|-
|School:||SEE ALSO Educational Institutions, general; Public schools
|-
|Scott, Orange||6–7
|-
|Scriptures||218; 270; 276; 280
|-
|Inerrancy||218; 299; 5566; 5772
|-
|Second Coming of Christ, Article of Religion||244
|-
|Secondary schools:||2305
|-
|Secondary schools: Post-secondary||655:18; 1180:24
|-
|Secret societies: Historical background||11
|-
|Secret societies: Joining forfeits membership||305:2; 585:2; 595
|-
|Secretary: District||1330–1332
|-
|Secretary: General||SEE Executive Director of the Communication and Administration Division
|-
|Secretary: Local||775; 830
|-
|Secretary-treasurer: District, Of district||1180:33
|-
|Self-discipline||265:3
|-
|Seminary:||2382; 3170:1
|-
|Seminary: Wesleyan Seminary Foundation||2382
|-
|Senior pastor||675; 678; 735. SEE ALSO Pastor
|-
|Service credentials||6200–6460
|-
|Service report, annual||1402
|-
|Servicemen’s ministries||2318:3; 2395
|-
|Sex: Biblical view||410:5
|-
|Sex: Discrimination forbidden||360:3(d)
|-
|Sex: God’s plan for||222
|-
|Sex: Rights not dependent upon||265:12
|-
|Sex: Sexual promiscuity deplored||265:12
|-
|Sex: Sexual sin||265:6
|-
|Sex:||SEE ALSO Divorce, Homosexuality
|-
|Shenandoah district||2403:22; 2440; 2465
|-
|Sierra Leone, West Africa||18; 80
|-
|Simplicity in apparel||410:13
|-
|Sin: After regeneration, Article of Religion||234
|-
|Sin: Article of Religion||225
|-
|Sin: Atonement for||226
|-
|Sin: Of divorce||265:6; 410:6
|-
|Sin: Of homosexuality||410:5
|-
|Sin: Responsibility for||224
|-
|Slavery, historical background||6–11
|-
|Social concern, Christian||410
|-
|Social concerns, public morals and||1655:44
|-
|Social responsibilities: Respecting rights of all||265:12
|-
|Social responsibilities: Securing natural rights for all||220
|-
|Social responsibilities: Special directions concerning||410
|-
|Social worker||3210:5; 3450–3480; 6360–6380
|-
|Solicited offerings||2050:3
|-
|Son of God, the, Article of Religion||214
|-
|Song evangelist||3210:5; 3450–3480; 6360–6380
|-
|Song leader||870
|-
|South Africa||18; 25; 33; 35; 80
|-
|South Africa Bantu||80
|-
|South Carolina district||2403:23; 2440; 2465
|-
|South Coastal District||2403:24; 2440; 2465
|-
|South Dakota||SEE Northwest district
|-
|South Pacific. South Pacific Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church||80
|-
|Southern Area: Educational Area||2465
|-
|Southern Area: Representative Area||2440
|-
|Southwest Hispanic District (Distrito Hispano Suroeste)||2403:25; 2445; 2470
|-
|Southern Wesleyan University||2365:3; 2465
|-
|South Korea||80
|-
|Speaking in tongues||265:10
|-
|Special advice to ministers||3093
|-
|Special days, observance of||880:17
|-
|Special directions||400–475
|-
|Specialized minister||3003–3012
|-
|Specialized ministries: Course of study for||3210:2
|-
|Specialized ministries||SEE ALSO minister of Christian education; minister of music; minister of visitation
|-
|Special lay ministries:||3400–3490
|-
|Special lay ministries: Lay minister||3400–3440
|-
|Special lay ministries: Lay missionary||3490
|-
|Special lay ministries: Special worker||3450–3480
|-
|Special nominations, committee on||1580
|-
|Special offerings:||2050
|-
|Special offerings: Easter||2050:2
|-
|Special offerings: Global Partners||2050:1
|-
|Special offerings: November Self-Denial||2050:2
|-
|Special offerings: Thanksgiving||2050:2
|-
|Special service, ministerial appointment||1240:1(a7); 3345
|-
|Special worker:||3210:5; 3450–3480; 6360–6380
|-
|Special worker: Courses of study||3210:5
|-
|Special worker: Credentials||6360–6400
|-
|Special worker: Function||3450
|-
|Special worker: General regulations||3480
|-
|Special worker: In process of transfer||1240:5(b)
|-
|Special worker: Listing||1240:5(a–c)
|-
|Specification of charges||5024
|-
|Spirit, Holy||210; 216; 230; 236; 238
|-
|Spiritism, membership commitment||265.2
|-
|Spiritual Formation, General Department of:||SEE Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division
|-
|Spiritual Formation, General Department of: District director of||1440–1463
|-
|Spiritual Formation, General Department of: Local||875–928
|-
|Spiritual Formation, General Department of: Local director of||880:5
|-
|Spiritual Formation, General Department of: Minister of||880:5
|-
|Spouse in ministry||3450–3480
|-
|Staff meeting, local spiritual formation||880:12
|-
|Standards for Educational Institutions||2362:4
|-
|Stationed ordained ministers.||SEE Appointed ordained ministers
|-
|Statistical committee: District||1350–1352
|-
|Statistical report forms||2115:5
|-
|Statutory law: Current authority for||185
|-
|Statutory law: Definition||155
|-
|Statutory law: Time when effected||165
|-
|Stewardship: Definition of||460
|-
|Stewardship: District director of||1337:5
|-
|Stewardship: Local committee on finance and||865–868
|-
|Stewardship: Membership commitment on||265:3
|-
|Stewardship: Methods of fund raising||470
|-
|Stewardship: Special directions concerning||460–475
|-
|Stewardship: Storehouse tithing||465
|-
|Stewardship: Wills, bequeaths, annuities||475
|-
|Stewardship ministries||2050:5; 4940
|-
|Storehouse tithing||465
|-
|Student, ministerial||3015:1; 3350:2
|-
|Study Course Agency, Ministerial||2385–2388
|-
|Study courses||SEE Courses of study
|-
|Subsidiary corporations||4300–4320
|-
|Substance abuse, 410:4||SEE ALSO Abstinence
|-
|Summary of Articles of Religion||299
|-
|Summer camps||1455:4
|-
|Sunday school, district: Director||1483
|-
|Sunday school, local: Administration||880:2; 887
|-
|Sunday school, local: Amenability||910
|-
|Sunday school, local: Assembly periods||889:6; 900
|-
|Sunday school, local: Branch||655;15; 782:6; 880:15
|-
|Sunday school, local: Committee||903
|-
|Sunday school, local: Department supervisors||900
|-
|Sunday school, local: Organization||913
|-
|Sunday school, local: Secretary||895
|-
|Sunday school, local: Staff||889–900; 906
|-
|Sunday school, local: Superintendent||889
|-
|Sunday school, local: Teachers||906
|-
|Sunday school, local: Treasurer||898
|-
|Sunderland, LaRoy||7
|-
|Superannuated Ministers’ Aid Society||4410:2
|-
|Superintendent: District superintendent||1300–1310
|-
|Superintendent: General Superintendent||1900–1945
|-
|Superintendent: Sunday school superintendent||889
|-
|Supply pastor:||3260
|-
|Supply pastor: Certificate of authorization form||6240
|-
|Supply pastor: General regulations||3260
|-
|Supply pastor: In another district||3100:2
|-
|Supply pastor: Listing||1240:5(e)
|-
|Support of ministers||286; 702; 782:16
|-
|Suriname||35; 80
|-
|Suspension of rules: In district conference||1141
|-
|Suspension of rules: In General Conference||1553
|-
|Swaziland||35; 80
|-
|Syracuse, New York||16
|-
|}
 
== T ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Taiwan||18
|-
|Temperance||265:4
|-
|Tennessee||SEE Kentucky-Tennessee District
|-
|Termination of membership:||268; 585–605
|-
|Termination of membership: Discontinuance||305:4; 315:1; 585:4; 600–605
|-
|Termination of membership: Dismissal|| 276; 305:3; 315:1; 585:3; 5115:5; 5120:1, 4, 5
|-
|Termination of membership: Joining another body||305:2; 585:2; 595
|-
|Termination of membership: Reinstatement||5130
|-
|Termination of membership: Withdrawal||305:1; 575; 585:1; 590–595; 5048; 6040
|-
|Texas-Louisiana district||SEE Mountain Plains district
|-
|Thanksgiving offering||2050:2–3
|-
|Theological seminary||2382; 3170:1
|-
|Time of pastoral changes||700
|-
|Time, use of||265:3; 410:12
|-
|Tithing||465. SEE ALSO Stewardship
|-
|Tithing secretary, local||845:2
|-
|Tobacco: Abstain from||265:4
|-
|Tobacco: Special direction on||410:4
|-
|Tobago||35
|-
|Tongues||265:10
|-
|Trafficking, meaning of||265:4
|-
|Training hour, local||880:10
|-
|Training, ministerial||SEE Ministerial education
|-
|Transfer: Letters of||6000–6020; 6440–6450
|-
|Transfer: Of commissioned minister between districts||3059:2(f)
|-
|Transfer: Of commissioned minister from another denomination||3104; 3390:2
|-
|Transfer: Of ordained minister between districts||3100:1
|-
|Transfer: Of ordained minister from another denomination||3104; 3390:1
|-
|Transfer: Of licensed ministers between districts||3055:3; 3100:1
|-
|Transfer: Of licensed minister from another denomination||3104; 3390:2
|-
|Transfer: Of ministerial students between districts||3015:3(c); 3015:5(d)
|-
|Transfer: Of ministerial students from another denomination||3015:5(c)
|-
|Transfer: Of pastor, senior pastor, or associate pastor’s church membership||578:2
|-
|Transfer: Of special worker between districts||3480
|-
|Transfer: Of special worker from another denomination||3460–3470
|-
|Treasurer: District||1335–1337
|-
|Treasurer: General||1970–1976
|-
|Treasurer: Local||842–845
|-
|Treasurer: Sunday school||898
|-
|Trinidad||35
|-
|Trinity, The, Article of Religion||210
|-
|Tri-State district||2403:26; 2445; 2470
|-
|True Wesleyan, The||7
|-
|Trust clause||315:6; 323:8; 518:4; 4590–4630; 4680; 4690
|-
|Trustees: Circuit||532
|-
|Trustees: District||323:8; 1180:22; 1360–1365; 4855
|-
|Trustees: Educational institutions||340:2; 2362
|-
|Trustees: General Church||340; 1655:15–21
|-
|Trustees: General regulations||4520–4540
|-
|Trustees: Local church||315:6; 850–859
|-
|} 
 
== U ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Under accusation, withdrawal while||592; 5048
|-
|Under charges: Consequences of being||575; 590
|-
|Under charges: Discipline, consequences of being under: For districts||323:9; 327:1; 360:3(e); 5066; 5365; 5375
|-
|Under charges: Discipline, consequences of being under: For local churches||315:7; 5066; 5310; 5320
|-
|Under charges: Discipline, consequences of being under: For members||302:5; 575; 590; 5052; 5115
|-
|Under charges: Discipline, consequences of being under: For ministers||313; 5052; 5115; 5212–5215; 5288
|-
|Under charges: Discipline, consequences of being under: Withdrawal while||592; 5048
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF):||2000–2045
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF): Apportionment||2015:2; 2035:2; 2040:2
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF): Basis||2005
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF): Beneficiaries||2035:1; 2040:1
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF): Building project adjustment||2005:2
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF): Definition||2000
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF): District regulations||2015–2030
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF): General Church regulations||2035–2045
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF): Local church regulations||2025–2030
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF): New church plant adjustment||2005:3
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF): USF-Educational Institutions Fund||2000–2005; 2040
|-
|United Stewardship Fund (USF): USF-General Fund||2000–2005; 2035
|-
|Uniting General Conference||50
|-
|University: By local churches||655:18; 1180:27
|-
|University: President, ritual for installation||5945
|-
|University: Program of study for ministry||3170:2
|-
|University: Trustees||2362
|-
|University:||SEE ALSO Educational institutions, general
|-
|Unity, Christian||450
|-
|Unknown tongue||265:10
|-
|Ushering committee, local||873
|-
|Utah||SEE Northwest District
|-
|Utica, New York||8
|-
|}
 
== V ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Vacancies: Area representatives on General Board||1605:2
|-
|Vacancies: Board of Review||5408
|-
|Vacancies: District officials, officers||1272; 1292
|-
|Vacancies: District superintendent||1303:7
|-
|Vacancies: District trustees||1360
|-
|Vacancies: Executive Board||1755
|-
|Vacancies: General Board||1605:2
|-
|Vacancies: General officials||1850
|-
|Vacancies: Local church offices||782:27; 815:2; 825:5
|-
|Vacation Bible school||880:2, 18
|-
|Venezuela||80
|-
|Vermont||SEE Eastern New York-New England District
|-
|Vice-chair: Circuit advisory council||30
|-
|Vice-chair: General Board||1630; 1775
|-
|Vice-chair: Local board of administration||633:3; 635; 773
|-
|Virginia||SEE Shenandoah District. and Chesapeake District.
|-
|Visitation: Committee, local||960:2
|-
|Voting: By members||302:3
|-
|Voting: To receive new members||553:3; 633:2
|-
|Voting: For pastor||692
|-
|Voting: At district conference||1083; 1086
|-
|Voting: At General Conference||1503:1
|-
|Voting: For district superintendent||1303:1
|-
|Voting: For General Superintendent||1590:16
|-
|} 
 
== W ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|War||410:2
|-
|Washington||SEE Northwest district
|-
|Washington, DC||SEE Chesapeake district
|-
|Wedding ritual||5650–5680
|-
|Weekday church school||880:2; 2305
|-
|Wesley, Charles||2
|-
|Wesley, John: Historical background||1:1–3, 6
|-
|Wesley, John: “Rules of a Helper,”||3093
|-
|Wesleyan Church Corporation||4200–4270
|-
|Wesleyan Church of Liberia||80
|-
|Wesleyan Church of Sierra Leone||80
|-
|Wesleyan Church of the Philippines||60; 80; 2560
|-
|Wesleyan Church, The: Classification of church law||125–185
|-
|Wesleyan Church, The: Constitution||200–385
|-
|Wesleyan Church, The: Current authority||185
|-
|Wesleyan Church, The: Essentials of||125; 1590:1–2; 2610:8;
|-
|Wesleyan Church, The: Formation||50
|-
|Wesleyan Church, The: History||1–50
|-
|Wesleyan Church, The: Mission||100–105
|-
|Wesleyan Church, The: Name||80; 205
|-
|Wesleyan Church, The: Relationship to other churches||240; 450
|-
|Wesleyan Educational Council||2355
|-
|Wesleyan Educational Society, Inc.The||4230
|-
|Wesleyan Holiness Church, British Isles||80
|-
|Wesleyan Holiness Church, Caribbean||80
|-
|Wesleyan Investment Foundation, Inc.||4310:5
|-
|Wesleyan Kids for Missions (WKFM): Local||880:2; 950
|-
|Wesleyan Methodist: Church of America, The||7; 16–18; 50
|-
|Wesleyan Methodist: Connection of America, The||8–16; 23
|-
|Wesleyan Methodist Church, Australia||80
|-
|Wesleyan Methodist Church, India||80
|-
|Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, Inc., The||4230
|-
|Wesleyan Methodist Publishing Association of America, Inc., The||4230
|-
|Wesleyan Native Ministries||1510:1c; 1880; 2005:1e; 2310:9
|-
|Wesleyan Pension Fund, Inc., The:||4400–4425
|-
|Wesleyan Pension Fund, Inc., The: Administration||4405; 4410:1
|-
|Wesleyan Pension Fund, Inc., The: Board of Pensions||4405; 4410
|-
|Wesleyan Pension Fund, Inc., The: Duties and powers||4410
|-
|Wesleyan Pension Fund, Inc., The: Government||4405
|-
|Wesleyan Pension Fund, Inc., The: Pilgrim Pension Plan, Inc., The||4410:1
|-
|Wesleyan Pension Fund, Inc., The: Purpose||4400
|-
|Wesleyan Pension Fund, Inc., The: Superannuated Ministers’ Aid Society||4410:2
|-
|Wesleyan Pension Fund, Inc., The: Wesleyan Retirement Plan||4410:3
|-
|Wesleyan Publishing House||880:4; 928; 1880; 2115:12
|-
|Wesleyan Retirement Plan||4410:3
|-
|Wesleyan Seminary Foundation||2382
|-
|West Michigan district||2403:27; 2430; 2455
|-
|West Virginia||SEE Greater Ohio district and Shenandoah district.
|-
|Western Area: Educational Area||2470
|-
|Western Area: Representative Area||2445
|-
|Western New York district||2403:28; 2435; 2460
|-
|Western Pennsylvania district||2403:29; 2435; 2460
|-
|Wills, special direction concerning||475
|-
|Wisconsin district||2403:30; 2430; 2455
|-
|Witchcraft, abstain from||265:2
|-
|Withdrawal: Of local church unlawful||4780
|-
|Withdrawal: Of member||SEE withdrawal of member
|-
|Withdrawal: Of minister||1310:29; 3100:3–5; 5048; 6460
|-
|Withdrawal: Of special worker||1310:29; 3480; 5048; 6460
|-
|Withdrawal: Request for||5048
|-
|Withdrawal:||SEE ALSO UNDER Transfer
|-
|Withdrawal of member:||305:1; 5048
|-
|Withdrawal of member: By letter of recommendation||590; 6030
|-
|Withdrawal of member: By letter of transfer||575; 6000–6020
|-
|Withdrawal of member: Letter of||592; 6040
|-
|Withdrawal of member: Through having joined another body||595
|-
|Withdrawal of member: Under accusation||592; 5048
|-
|Withdrawal of member: Under charges||592; 5048
|-
|Withdrawal of member:||SEE ALSO UNDER Transfer
|-
|Witness and membership committee, local||835–837
|-
|Woman’s Missionary Society of The Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, Inc., The||4230
|-
|Women’s ministry: District||1439
|-
|Women’s ministry: General||2310:4, 7
|-
|Women’s ministry: Local||945
|-
|Word of God||SEE Holy Scriptures
|-
|Workers’ conferences, Christian education, local||880:12
|-
|World Organization:||2500–2680
|-
|World Organization: Established National/Regional Conference||2610
|-
|World Organization: General Conferences||2620–2640
|-
|World Organization: General Conference interrelations||2630–2640
|-
|World Organization: Caribbean General Conference||2565
|-
|World Organization: International Conference||2650–2680
|-
|World Organization: North American General Conference||2550
|-
|World Organization: Philippines General Conference||2560
|-
|Worldliness||cf. 265:4
|-
|Worldly pleasures||265:4
|-
|Worship, public: Ordained minister’s rights in||313:1
|-
|Worship, public: Means of grace||265:8–9
|-
|Worship, public: Rites and ceremonies vary||420
|-
|Wyoming||SEE Northwest district
|-
|} 
 
== Y ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Yayasan Gereja Wesleyan Indonesia||[[Chapter_1:_History #80|80]]
|-
|Youth camps||[[Chapter_8:_District_Christian_Education_and_Spiritual_Formation #1455:4|1455:4]]
|-
|Youth committee, local Christian education||[[Chapter_6:_Local_Church_Officers_and_Committees #878|878]]
|-
|Youth director, local||3210:5; [[Chapter_4:_Special_Lay_Ministries #3450|3450]]–[[Chapter_4:_Special_Lay_Ministries #3480|3480]]
|-
|Yukon Territory||SEE Central Canada district
|-
|}
 
 
==<span id=" Z "></span> Z ==
[[Index]]
 
 
{|
|Zambia ||35; [[Chapter_1:_History #80|80]]
|-
|Zimbabwe ||[[Chapter_1:_History #80|80]]
|-
|Zones, district|| [[Chapter_3:_District_Board_of_Administration #1233:13|1233:13]]
|-
|}

Latest revision as of 19:28, 19 November 2022

The numbers refer to The Discipline paragraphs. A subparagraph is separated from the related paragraph by a colon. Main references or definitions are in boldface type.

A

Abandoned church property, 4730
Abortion, 410:11
Absentee ballots, 695
Abstinence, 265:2-10
Abuse, 265:7
Accusation:

Proper form and handling, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5002:3-4; 5022; 5206
Accusation: Withdrawal of members when under, 592; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5048

Adjunct entities, 4370
Administrators, ministers serving as, 3320
Admonition, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5023:1, 5115
Adoption, 230
Adultery, basis for divorce, 265:6
Affiliate church, 548 Africa, 17:3; 18; 25; 33; 35; 65; 80
Africa Evangelistic Mission, 33
Agreement, pastoral, 313:3; 315:2; 323:1-2; 697
Alabama, SEE South Coastal district
Alaska, SEE Northwest district
Alberta, SEE Central Canada district
Alcoholic beverages, 265:4; 410:4
Alliance of the Reformed Baptist Church of Canada, The, 17:3
Alternate delegates:

Board of Review, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc.5405
district conference, 1106
General Conference, 1516–1518

Ancestry, discrimination forbidden, 360:3d
Andover, MA, 7
Annual service report, 1402
Annuities, 475
Antigua, 35
Appeal, judicial:

District conference’s right of, 1180:38-39
District member’s right of, 323:6
Members’ right of, 302:6
Minister’s right of, 313:7

Appeal, questions of order:

In district conference, 1144
In General Conference, 1550

Appointed ordained ministers, 317; 1240:1; 3250–3390
Appointments, ministerial, 3250–3390
Area representatives on General Board, 340:1; 1605:2
Arizona, SEE Pacific Southwest district
Arkansas, SEE Tri-State district
Articles of Religion, 210–250; 297:3; 553:1

Summary of, 299

Assessments. SEE United Stewardship Fund
Assistant:

District superintendent, 1320–1327
Pastor, 678; 725:27; 741
Treasurer, local, 845:1

Atlantic district, 2403:1; 2435
Atonement, Article of Religion, 226
Audit, General Board ordered, 1655:20
Auditing committee:

district, 1340
Local church, 800:2

Australia, 18; 80
Authority, For church law, 185
Auxiliaries:

Annual audit, 1655:20
Election of boards, trustees, managers, 1655:19
Financial policies, 1655:23
Official policies, 1655:27
Overall correlation, 1785:3

B

Backsliding, 234
Baptism:

Administrants of, 313:1; 3044:1; 3059:2a; 3075:1
Articles of Religion, 242
Believers, 290; 5515
Children, 290; 5510
Condition of membership, 297:2; 553:1
Infants, 290; 5500–5510
Modes of, 290
Right of access to, 302:2
Ritual of, 5500–5530
Sacrament, 242

Baptism of the Holy Spirit, 236
Barbados, 35
Barbuda, 35
Bequests:

Forms for, 4940
Special direction concerning, 475

Bible, 218; SEE ALSO Holy Scriptures
Bible reading in public schools, 410:8
Birth sin, 224
Board of Pensions, 4405; 4410:1

see Wesleyan Pension Fund Inc

Board of review, district, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5218–5221
Board of Review, General, 370–380; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5400–5450
Board of trustees, SEE Trustees
Boards of Administration:

District, 1200–1245
General, 1600–1799
Local, 750–782

Body of Christ, 240
Bonding of treasurers:

District, 1233:17; 1337:2
General, 1655:28

Bougainville, 80
Boundaries, 2400–2445

District, 2400–2403
Representative areas, 2430–2445

Brazil, 35; 80
British Columbia, SEE Central Canada district
British Isles, 80
Budget:

District, 1180:15
General Church, 1655:23; 1995–2045
Local, 655:10

Building construction, 655:11; 782:29
Buildings, church owned, use of, 313:4
Burial of dead, ritual, 5700-5725
Business meeting, local church, 625-655

C

California, SEE Pacific Southwest district
Calling a pastor, 690-722
Canada:

Area boundaries, 2435
District boundaries, 2400; 2403:1-2
The Wesleyan Church of, 70

Candidates for license, commission, and ordination, examination of, 1390:1, 3–4; 3033:6; 3070:4; 3104:3; 3460; 3470
Canon, the,  218
Caribbean, 35; 65; 80; 2565; 6750:2
Central America, 27
Central Canada district, 2403:2; 2435
Ceremonies of churches, 420
Certificate:

Commission, 6280
Membership, 6052
General evangelists, 3285:1; 6340
Interim pastor’s authorization, 6250
Ordination, 3070:7; 6300
Pocket, of standing, 6430
Student membership, 6070
Study course, 3033:3; 3059:1g; 3070:3; 6410
Supply pastor’s authorization, 3260:4; 6240
Validating ordination, commission, or license, 3104:5; 6320

Chaplains:

Committee on, 2395
Institutional, 3330
Military, 3330

Charity, Christian, 220; 265:3
Charter, International Conference, 125; 1590:4; 2640; 2680; Appendix A, 6500-6770
Chesapeake district, 2403:3; 2435
Chief Financial Officer/General Treasurer, 1970-1976
Children, responsibility to, 265:7
Children’s worker, 3210:5; 3450–3480; 6360–6380
Chile, 80
Christ:

Atonement of, 226
Body of, 240
Member of Trinity, 210
Merits for justification,' 230
Resurrection of, 214
Sacraments commanded by, 242
Second coming of, 214; 244; 246
Son of God, 214

Christian liberty, special direction concerning, 440
Christian perfection, SEE Entire Sanctification
Christian social concern, 410; 1655:45
Christian unity 450
Christian worship, 420
Church:

Article of Religion, 240
Christ the only head of, 270
Guides and Helps to Holy Living, 265 SEE ALSO local church; Wesleyan Church

Church board, 750–782
Church buildings:

Dedication, ritual, 5950
Use of, 313:4

Church, developing, 510

Categories of, 510:6
Delegate to district conference, 510:5
Government of, 510:3
In developing district, 542
Local advisory council of, 510:2–3
Membership in, 510:2
Minimum organization, 807
Pastoral appointment for, 510:1
Property of, 510:4. SEE ALSO Property, local church

Church discipline:

For members, 260, 268
Judicial, 5000–5004
Meaning and purpose of, 5000
Principles of administering, 5002

Church growth, SEE Church Multiplication and Discipleship
Church hearings:, 276
Church law:

Classification of, 125–190
Elementary principles governing, 270–286
Interpretation of, 375:1-6; 2060–2068
Judiciary, 5000–5004
SEE Appendix B

Church member, membership, 550–610

Assistant pastor’s, 578:2
Categories of, 295
Classes for, 568; 725:11; 782:8
Conditions of, 295; 297; 553
Constitutionally established, 295
Developing Church, 510
Elementary Principal Governing, 272
Essence and Meaning of, 260; 550
Judicial Procedure Against, 555
Letters and Certificates, 6000-6070
Minister's, 310; 578:2; 3097–3100
Pastors, 578:2
Reception of, 566–570
Records, 610
Restoration of, 268
Rights of, 302, 555
Ritual, 295; 5550-5595
Termination of, See Termination of Membership

Church member, membership, student, 552, 564–565, 610

Certificate of membership, 6070

Church members, relations with one another, 265:8–13
Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division, 2305-2307
Church officers; officials:

District, 1250–1292
General, 1800-1870
Local, 800; 815

Church plant, 510:6
Church property, SEE Abandoned Church Property, Property, District; Property, General; Property, General Church; Property, Local Church:
Church secretary, 775; 830
Church treasurer, 752:1; 842
Cincinnati, OH, 24
Circuit, 525–535

Boundaries set by district, 323:5
Developing district, 542
Pastoral charge, a type of, 315
Pastor’s membership, 578:2

Civil rights, 220; 265:12; 360:3d SEE ALSO Rights
Classification of church law, 125–190
Clergy Development, SEE Education and Clergy Development Division
College/University:

By local churches, 1180:25
President, ritual for installation, 5945
Program of study for ministry, 3170:2
Trustees, 2362
SEE ALSO Educational institutions, general

Colombia, 18; 80
Colorado, SEE Mountain Plains District
Commissioned Lay Missionary:

Commission form, 6400
Listing of, 1240:5:D
Regulations governing, 3490

Commissioned minister:

Certificate for commission, 6280
Course of study, 3210:3
District listing of, 1240
Duties of, 3059:3
Qualifications for, 3059:1
Regulations for, 3059:4
Rights of, 3059:2

Commissioned special worker:

In process of transfer, 1240:5:B; 3470
Listing of, 1240:5:A
Regulations governing, 3470–3480

Commissioning:

Of lay missionaries, 3490, 5850
lay workers, 5850
Of ministers, 5800
Of special workers, 3470

Commitments, membership, 260–268
Committees:

Chaplains, 2395; 3330
District, 1250
General Conference, 1563-1585
editing, 1585
General Conference Planning, 1570
Local Church, 800
Special Nominations, 1580

Communication and Administration Division, 2100-2110
Communion, 242; 293
Compensation of ministers, 286; 782:14
Complaints:

Against course of study books, 375:5
Against ministers, 313:7

Conditions of membership, 297
Conference, SEE Circuit: Conferences; District conference; General Conference; Local Church Conference
Conflict of laws, 1796–1799
Conflict Resolution, 5004
Connecticut, SEE Northeast District
Conscientious objector, 410:3
Constitution of the North American General Conference, The: 200–385

Adoption of, 50
Amendments, 385
Current authority for, 185
Function, 145
Identification of, 135
Summary of contents, 135–145; 200
Text of, 200–385
type of Church Law, 135–145

Constitutional law, 125–145
Constitutionality:

Of district conference acts, 375:2
Of General Conference acts, 375:1

Continuing education, 3240
Contract, pastoral, 697; 723
Conversion, 228; 230; 297:1; 553:1
Corporate offense, 5010 Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc.
Corporation, The Wesleyan Church:, 4200–4270
Corporations, affiliate, 4300–4425
Corporations, district, 4100-4150
Corporations, local church, 4000-4070
Corporations, subsidiary, 4300–4425
Correspondence study courses, 2385–2388; 3170:3
Costa Rica, 80
Council, advisory:

Circuit, 530
Developing church, 510:3

Council of Ordination, 1405
Council, Wesleyan Educational, 2355
Counseling:

Concerning divorce, 265:6
Minister as counselor, 725:9

Courses of study:, 2385–2388; 3170–3240

Certificate of completion, 6410
Commissioned minister’s, 3210:3
Development of, 3200
Lay minister’s, 3210:4
Pre-ordination, 3210:1
Special workers’, 3210:5
Specialized ministries, 3210:2

Credentials:

Gen Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5230; 5212:2
Of commissioned minister, 3059:4b
Of ordained minister, 3089:2
Of licensed minister, 3055:2
Of ministerial student, 3015:5b

Crossroads district, 2403:4; 2430
Curacao, 35
Current authority for church law, 185

D

Daughter church, 510:6b
Day care and/or day schools:

Authorization, 655:18
Approval by DBA, 782:33; 1233:32
Financial policies, 782:36
Governance, 782:36
Separate treasury, 782:37

De Wesleyaanse Gemeente, Suriname, 80
Dedication:

Of church buildings, 5950
Of infants, 290; 5500
Of parsonages, 5975

Deity, respect for name of, 265:1
Delaware, SEE Chesapeake district
Delegates to district conference:

Allotment, 1100
Alternate, 1106
Certification, 830:4
Election, 317; 528:3; 965; 1103
Function and general regulations, 315:7; 317; 1086
Laity elected, 1086
Qualifications, 1109

Delegates to General Conference:

Alternate, 1516–1518
At–large, 1508–1510
Certification, 1332:5; 1512
Developing district, 1015
Election, 1180:4; 1508–1518
Function and general regulations, 323:9; 1500–1506
Lay, 1503:1b; 1516; 1524–1526
Ministerial, 1503:1b; 1516; 1520–1522
Qualifications, 1520–1526

Denominational service, ministers appointed to, 1240:1:A:4
Depravity, inherited, 224
Destiny, Article of Religion, 250
Developing church, SEE church, developing
Developing district, SEE district, developing
Director of music:

Course of study, 3210:5
Local, 870
Special worker, 3450–3480

Director of youth ministries:

Course of study, 3210:5
Special worker, 3450–3480

Discipline:

Meaning and purpose of, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5000–5002
Subjects of, 260; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5200-5248; 5270-5288

Discipline, book of: For mission units, 340:2; 2610:6
Discipline, consequences of being under:

For Districts, 323:9; 327:1; 360:3e; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5066; 5365; 5375
For Local Churches, 315:7; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5066; 5310; 5320
For Members, 302:3; 575; 590; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5052; 5115
For Ministers, 313; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5052; 5115; 5212–5215, 5288

Discipline, The, of the North American General Conference:

Amendment of, 125–165
Authoritative edition of, 185
First, of The Wesleyan Church, 50
Interpretations of, 2060–2061; Appendix B

Discontinue church:, 1180:22, 1233:36, 4730
Discontinue church members:

Power to, 315:1; 655:1
Procedure of, 600–605
Reason for, 305; 585; 600–605

Discrimination forbidden, 265:12; 360:3d
Dismissal:

Definition of, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5115:5; 5212:5
Power of, 315:1; 655:1
Reasons for, 276; 305; 585; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5115:5; 5212:5

District:

Amenability, 1050
Appeal from its actions, 323:6
Assignment to representative area, 1590:12
Assistant superintendent, 1320–1327
Auditing committee or auditor, 1340
Authorization, 1036
Board of administration, 1200–1245
Board of ministerial development, 1375–1390
Boundaries, 2400–2403
Committees, list of, 1250
Committees, regulations for, 1278-1292
Conducts a local mission, 537; 655:14; 1180:22; 1233:26
Conference, 1075–1180
Corporation, 4100–4150
Definition, 317; 1000
Departmental officers, 1278-1292
Developing, 1003–1015
Directory, 1332:8
Disputes with General Conference, 375:6; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5445:4
Disputes with other districts, 375:4; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5350
Established, 360:3e; 1036–1050
Financial plan, 1180:15
Fiscal year, 1180:17
Function, 317; 1000
Government, 1000–1405
Journal, 1178
May request special session of General Conference, 330:2
Membership of ministers, 310; 313:6; 3100
Merger, 1060–1065
Ministerial development, board of, 1375–1390
Nominating committee, district conference, 1172–1175
Officers, list of, 1250
Officers, regulations for, 323:7; 1255–1292
Officials, 1255–1272
Organization, 317; 1000–1065
Organizing conference, 1040
Powers, 323; 1180
Property, SEE Property, District
Realignment, 1060–1065
Reclassification, 1042–1045; 1935
Requirements for, 1038
Reorganization of, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5275
Review, board of, 1370; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5218–5221
Rights, 323
Secretary, 1330–1332
Service, ministerial appointment to, 1390:1; 3320
Superintendent, 1300–1310
Superintendent’s representative, 520; 692:2; 1310:12
Treasurer, 1335–1337
Trustees, board of, 1360–1365; SEE ALSO Developing District

District Board of Ministerial Development:, 1375–1405

Duties, 1390
Function, 1375
Membership, 1378
Organization, 1381
Records, 1387
Sessions, 1384

District Conference:, 1075–1180

Allotment of lay delegates, 510:5; 528:3; 1080; 1100
Alternate delegates, 1106
Appeals on questions of order, 1144
Chair, 350:3; 1120
Committees, 1159–1175
Duties and powers, 1180
Function, 1075
Journal, 1178
Legislation, 1147
Membership, 317; 1080–1090
Memorials, 1153
Minutes, 1178
Nominating committee, 1172–1175
Procedure, 1126–1147
Quorum, 1129
Reconvened session, 1115
Resolutions, 1150–1156; 1233:9
Rights, 1126
Rules of order, 1138
Secretary, 1123
Sessions, 1112–1115
Suspension of rules, 1141
Voting, 1135

District, Developing, 1003–1015

Authorization, 1006
General Conference representation, 1015
Jurisdiction over, 1009
Local churches in, 542
Ordination, commissioning, and licensing, 1012
Organization of, 1012
Property, 4800
Purpose, 1003

District Forms:

Acknowledgment of letter of transfer, 6450
Letter of standing, 6460
Letter of transfer, 6440
License, 6260
Recommendation for district license, 6420

District membership of ministers, 3100
District of Columbia, SEE Chesapeake district
District Superintendent:, 1300–1310

Amenability, 323:1; 1307
Assistant, 1320–1327
Duties, 1310
Election, 1303:1
Function, 1300
Installation ritual, 5930
Nomination of, 1303:7; 1935
Developing district, 1003–1015
Qualifications and tenure, 1303
Reelection, 1303:3
Term of office, 1303:2
Vacancy, 1303:6

Divided House:

In district conference vote, 320; 1135
In General Conference vote, 338; 1545

Divorce:

Abuse, 265:7
Biblical grounds for, 265:6; 410:6
Marriage of divorced persons, 3111
Ministers, 3012; 3108; 3111
Remarriage, 410:6
SEE ALSO marriage; remarriage

Domestic violence, 265:7

E

Education and Clergy Development Division, 2338–2340
Educational institutions, general:

Curriculum Requirements, 2365–2368
Financial support, 2377
General Board’s role, 2362
General Conference’s role, 2362
Ministerial Study Course Agency, 2385–2388
Names of institutions, 2365; 2366
Ownership and control, 2358
Presidents, 325; 1503:1c
Spiritual priorities, 2358
Standards of the General Board for Educational Institutions, 2362:4
Wesleyan Educational Council, 2355
Wesleyan Seminary Foundation, 2382

Educational leave, ordained ministers on:

Category of service, 3350:1
District listing, 1240

Educational objectives, 2339
Educators, ministers appointed as, 3310
Egypt, 80
Elementary Principles, 270–286; 297:3; 553:1
Elementary schools, SEE Day Care and/or Day Schools
Eligibility to hold office:

Commissioned ministers, 3059:2b
Full members, 302:4
Ordained ministers, 313:2

Emeritus or Emerita title, 1503:1c; 1590:20; 1945
Emergencies:

Discipline of officials, 1785:7
General Conference sessions, 1530
Ordination service, 3070:5
USF, change of percentage, 1655:22

Emmanuel Wesleyan Church:

South Africa Bantu, 80
Swaziland, 80
Transkei, 80

England, 35
Entertainment, 410:12
Entire sanctification:

Article of Religion, 236
Historical background, 1–2; 12–13; 24
SEE ALSO Holiness, Scriptural

Episcopacy, 6-8
Equal ministerial and lay representation:

General Conference may not change, 360:3b
Historical background, 8
In district conference, 317; 1080; 1100
In General Conference, 325; 1503

Equal rights, 220; 265:12; 360:3d; 410:1
Essentials of The Wesleyan Church, 125; 340:2; 1590:1; 2500:3; 2610:7; 2660
Established church:

Authorization for organization, 518
Procedure of organization, 520

Established district, 360:3e; 1036–1050
Estate Planning, 475 Assist with wills, bequests; annuities
Europe, 2470
Evaluation report of general officials, 1785:6
Evaluation sessions:

District Board, 1218
General Board, 1625
Local Board, 767

Evangelistic service, 1240:1:A:3; 3270–3295
Evangelists:

Examination, 3275
Function, 3270
General, Associate, 3280
General and reserve general, 3285:1-2
Historical background, 13
Reports, 3295

Examination of candidates for license, commission, or ordination, 1390:1, 3–4; 3033:6; 3070:4; 3104:3; 3460; 3470
Excommunication, 276; 315:1; 655:1; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5115:5; 5212:5
Executive Board:, 1750–1790

Chair, 1765
Duties and powers, 1785–1790
Function, 1750
Membership, 1755
Minutes, 1790
Organization, 1765–1780
Quorum, 1775
Secretary, 1770
Sessions, 1760
Vice-chair, 1655:12

Voting, 1780
Executive Cabinet:, 1990

As the General Conference Planning Committee, 1570–1576

Executive Director,

Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division, 2307
Communication and Administration Division, 2110
Education and Clergy Development Division, 2340
Global Partners Division, 2261

Expulsion, SEE Dismissal or Excommunication
Extended call regulations, 720
Extension, church (historical), 16

F

Faith, Article of Religion on, 228
Family:

Article of Religion, 222
Duties to, 265:6–7

Fasting, 265:9
Father, The, Article of Religion, 212
Financial policies:

District, 1180:15
General Church, 1995–2050
Local church, 655:9; 782:28

Financial secretary, local, 845:2
Financial support of educational institutions, 2377
Fiscal year:

District, 1180:18
Local church, 1180:18

Florida district, 2403:5; 2440
Forfeiture of representation:

District, 1506; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5365
Local church, 1095; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5310

Forms:

Bequests and devises, 4940
Church letters, 6000–6040
District, 6420–6460
General credentials, 6200–6340
Service credentials, 6200–6460
Special worker’s credentials, 6360–6400

Forms, general credentials:

Acknowledgment of district letter of transfer, 6450
Course of study certificate, 6410
District letter of standing, 6460
District letter of transfer, 6440
Pocket certificate of standing, 6430
Recommendation for district license, 6420

Forms, ministerial credentials:

Commission certificate for ministers, 6280
District license for ministerial students, and licensed ministers, 6260
General evangelist’s certificate, 6340
Interim pastor’s certificate, 6250
Lay minister’s letter of standing, 6220
Lay minister’s license, 6200
Ordination certificate, 6300
Supply pastor’s certificate, 6240
Validation certificate for ordained ministers, commissioned, or licensed ministers, 6320

Forms, special worker’s credentials:

Lay missionary’s commission, 6400
Special worker’s commission, 6380
Special worker’s license, 6360

Free will, 224
Fund raising, methods of, 470

G

Gambling, abstain from, membership commitment, 265:4
General Assembly, Pilgrim Holiness, 24; 29; 32; 34; 50
General Board:

Bylaws, 1650
Chair, 1630
Duties and powers, 323:1; 330; 340; 360:2; 1655
Executive Board, 1750–1790
Function, 340; 1600
Membership, 340:1; 1605
Nonvoting participants, 1606
Organization, 1630–1650
Policies. SEE General Board policies Procedure
Procedure, 1630–1650
Quorum, 1640
Secretary, 1635
Sessions, 1610–1625
Vacancies, 1655:11
Vice-chair, 1630; 1655:12
Voting, 1645

General Board Policies:

Administered by General Superintendent, 1935
Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division, 2307
Communication and Administration Division, 2110
Education and Clergy Development Division, 2340
Executive Cabinet, 1990
Global Partners Division, 2261
General Treasurer/Chief Executive Officer, 1976

General Board of Review, 370–380; 2070–2075
General Church Corporation, 4200–4270
General Church Financial Plan, 1995–2050

Budget procedure, 1655:33
Planned gifts, 1995
Special offerings, 2050
Summary, 1995
United Stewardship Fund, 2000–2045

General Church government, 1500
General Church property, 4900–4940
General Conference, 325–338

Alternate delegates, 1516-1518
Appeals on questions of order, 1550
Chair, 332; 350:3; 1536
Committees, 1563–1585
Dates of, 1528
Delegates, 1508–1526; 1541
Delegates-at-large, 1508–1510
Dispute with a district, 375:6; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5440:5
Duties and powers, 295; 310; 317; 323:1; 325; 327:1; 330:1; 340:1; 350:1, 4; 360; 370; 380; 385; 1590
Editing committee, 1585
Equal ministerial and lay representation, 325; 360:3b; 1503
Forfeiture of representation by districts, 1506
Function, 1500
General Conference Planning Committee, 1570–1576
Journal, 1585
Lay delegates, 1524–1526
Membership, 323:9; 325–327; 1503–1526
Memorials, 1557–1560
Memorials committee, 1565
Ministerial delegates, 1520–1522
Minutes, 1585
Nominations, committee on special, 1580
Officers, 334; 1800
Officials, 325; 1800–1880
Organization, 1536–1585
Pilgrim Holiness, 23–50
Place, 330:1; 1528
Planning committee, 1570–1576
Presidency, 332; 350:3; 1536
Procedure, 1541–1553
Program, 1576
Quorum, 336; 1543
Rules of order, 1547
Secretary, 334; 1539
Sessions, 330; 1528–1534
Suspension of rules, 1553
Voting, 1545
Wesleyan Methodist, 11–18; 50

General Conferences:

General Conference, 2610
General Conference interrelations, 2630–2640
North American, 2550

educational institutions, 2365; 2366
General evangelists:

Associate general evangelists, 3280
Certification form, 6340
General regulations, 3270–3295
Listing, 1240:1:A:3
Reserve general evangelist, 3285:2

General officers/officials of the church:, 340:1; 1800–1880

Amenability, 1830
District membership, 1860
Evaluation report, 1785:6; 1935
Identification, 1800
Installation ritual, 5935
General Conference membership, 1503:1c
Local church membership, 1860
Qualifications, 1810
Reports, 1840
Term of office, 1820
Vacancies, 1850

General offices and divisions, listing of, 1870
General representative, 350:3; 1180:7
General Secretary, SEE Executive Director of the Communication and Administration Division
General Superintendent:

Duties and powers, 1935
Election, 1590:15; 1903
Emeritus or Emerita, 1503:1c; 1945
General regulations, 1903
Spiritual, executive, and administrative leader, 1900

General Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer, 1970–1976
Georgia, SEE South Coastal district
Ghana, 80
Gift of tongues, 265:10
Gifts of the Spirit, Article of Religion, 238
Global Partners Division:

Executive Director of, 2261
Missionaries, 2272
Organization of mission units, 2275–2287
Purpose, 2259
Strategic Directives, 2262
Vision, 2258

God:

Attributes of, 210
Name to be reverenced, 265:1. SEE ALSO Oaths
Purpose for man, 220
Trinity of, 210

Good works:

Article of Religion, 232
Expected, 224; 265:11; 284

Grace, 216; 224; 228; 234; 236; 242; 250; 265:9
Grand Cayman, 35
Great Lakes District, 2403:6, 2430
Greater Ohio District, 2403:7; 2430
Growth in grace, 236
Guides and Helps to Holy Living, 260–268; 557
Guyana, 35; 80

H

Haiti, 17:1; 18; 80
Hawaii, SEE Pacific Southwest district
Healing, 430
Hearing, right to:

For districts, 323:10
For local churches, 315:8
For members, 302:5
For ministers, 313:7

Heaven, 250
Hell, 250
Hephzibah Ministries Inc., 4310:4
Hephzibah Faith Missionary Society, 17:1
Heresy, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5050:1; 5070:1; 5370:1
History of The Wesleyan Church, 1–80
Holiness Christian Church, 27
Holiness Church, The, 32
Holiness, scriptural:

Historical background, 1–60
Mission of The Wesleyan Church, 100–105
SEE ALSO Entire sanctification

Holy Ghost., SEE Holy Spirit
Holy Scriptures:

Article of Religion, 218
Basis for church rules, 280
In church hearings, 276
Inerrancy, 218, 299; 5566; 5772
Only rule of faith and conduct, 270
Reading as means of grace, 265:9

Holy Spirit, The, Article of Religion, 216; 230; 236–238
Holy Trinity, Article of Religion, 210
Homosexual behavior, 265:6; 410:5
Honduras, 18; 80
Honesty, 265:13
Horton, Jotham, 7
Houghton College, 2365:1
Human sexuality, 410:5

I

Idaho, 2403:19; SEE Northwest district
Iglesia Wesleyana Peregrina, Peru, 80
Iglesia Evangelica de los Peregrinos, Mexico, 80
Igreja Emmanuel Evangelica Wesleyana, Mozambique, 80
Igreja Evangelica Wesleyana, Brazil, 80
Illinois district, SEE Great Lakes district
Immigrant Connection, Inc., 4310
Immorality and restoration of ministers, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5180:3; 5370:5
Incest grounds for divorce, 265:6
Incorporation, district, 4100–4150
Indemnification of officers, 4235
India, 17:2; 18; 80
Indiana SEE Crossroads and Indiana South district
Indiana Wesleyan University, 2365:2; 2455
Indianapolis, IN, 34
Indiana South district, 2403:8
Individual rights, respect for; membership commitment, 265:12
Indonesia, 80, 2560
Inerrancy of Scriptures, 218; 299
Inherited depravity, 224
Installation of:

college or university presidents, 5945
district superintendent, 5930
general officials, 5935
local church officials, 520:5; 828; 5915–5925
pastor, 5905

Institutional chaplains, 3330
Insubordination, 4260
Insurance, local property, and liability, 782:28; 856:6
Integrity, 265:13
Interchurch service, ministerial appointment to, 1240:1:A:6; 3335
Interdenominational relationships, 450; 3117
Interim pastor, 3261; 6250
International Apostolic Holiness Church, 26
International Apostolic Holiness Union, 25
International Apostolic Holiness Union and Churches, 26
International Conference of The Wesleyan Church:

Advancement of General Conferences by, 2610:11; 2620
Charter of, 125; 2640; 2680; Appendix A
Composition of, 2660
Function, 2670
History, 65–70
Purpose, 2650
Representatives to, 2670

International Conference, Pilgrim Holiness, 50
International Holiness Church, 28
International Holiness Union and Prayer League, 24
Interracial marriage, 360:3d
Intervention, power of, 4250
Intoxicants, 8; 11; 265:4; 410:4
Investigative committee, 970; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5012
Investigation, judicial, withdrawal while under, 592
Investment Foundation, Wesleyan, 4310:5
Iowa-Minnesota district, 2403:9; 2445
Itinerant ministry, 360:3b

J

Jamaica, 17:2; 18; 35
Japan, 18
Jesus Korea Wesleyan Church, South Korea, 80
Journal:

District conference, 1178
General Conference, 1585

Judgment, the, Article of Religion, 248
Judicial committee:

Local, 970

Judicial oaths, 410:10
Judiciary, general principles:, 5000–5004

Administration of church discipline, 5002
Conflict resolution, 5004
Meaning and purpose of church discipline, 5000–5004

Justification, Article of Religion, 230

K

Kansas district, 2403:10; 2445
Kentucky-Tennessee district, 2403:11; 2440
Kingswood University, 2365:3; 2455; 2460; 2465; 2470
Knapp, Martin Wells, 24
Korea, South, 80

L

La Iglesia Wesleyana de Colombia, 80
Labor unions, 265:4
Labrador, SEE Atlantic District
Law:

Constitutional, 125–145
Ritual, 175
Statutory, 155–165

Lay delegate, SEE Delegates
Lay evangelist, 3210:5; 3450–3470; 6360–6380
Lay minister:

Course of study, 3210:4
Duties, 3430
Granting license to, 3410
Identification, 3400
Letter of standing, 3440:3; 6220
License form, 6200
Regulations for, 3440
Renewal of license, 3420

Lay ministries, special, 3400–3490
Lay missionary, commissioned, 3490
Leadership Qualifications, 558
Lee, Luther, 7
L’Eglise Wesleyenne d’Haiti, 80
Leisure time, 265:3; 410:12
Letters:

Acknowledgment of district letter of transfer, 6450
Acknowledgment of local letter of transfer, 6010
Basis for reception of members, 565; 580
Notice of transfer, 6020
Recommendation from other denominations, 570
Recommendation to other denominations, 590; 6030
Standing for lay minister, 3440:3; 6220
Standing for minister, 3100:3, 5–6; 6460
Standing for special worker, 3480; 6460
Transfer for member, 575–580; 6000–6020
Transfer for minister, 3100:1, 5–6; 6440
Transfer for special worker, 3100:1, 5–6; 6440
Withdrawal of member, 592; 6040

Liberia, 80
Liberty, Christian, 440
License:

District, ministerial, 3033–3040; 6260
Lay minister’s, 3410–3420; 6200
Special worker’s, 3460; 6360

Licensed minister:

Church membership, 3097–3100
Course of study, 3210:1
Credentials, 3055:2
Duties of, 3051
From another denomination, 3104
Identification, 3030
License form, 6260
Licensing of, 3033
Listing, 1240:3
Membership in district conference, 317; 1083:2–3; 1090:3
Regulations for, 3055, 3093
Renewing license of, 3040
Rights of, 3044
Transfer of, 313:6; 3044:5; 3055:3; 3100:1; 6440

Licensed special worker, 1240:5:C; 3460; 3480
Loan guarantees, 4120:6; 4890
Local advisory council, developing church, 510:2–3
Local Board of Administration:, 750–795

Chair, 770
Duties and powers, 782
Evaluation session, 767
Function, 750
Governance philosophy, 781
Membership, 752-758
Nomination of, 823
Organizational options, 752
Quorum, 778
Secretary, 775
Sessions, 760–767
Vice-chair, 773
Voting, 780

Local board of trustees, 315:6; 850–859
Local Church:

Assistant treasurer, 845:1
Auditing committee or auditor, 863
Board, 750–782
Boundaries, 323:5; 1180:25
Building committee, 856:6
Business meeting, 630–633
Committees, 800
Conference, 625–655
Corporation, 4000–4070
Day care and/or day school, 655:19; 782:33; 1233:32
Definition, 240
Delegate to district conference, 965; 1086; 1100–1109
Financial secretary, 845:2
Function, 500
Governance philosophy, 781
Governed by district, 323:1, 5
Government, 500–970
Judicial committee, 970; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5105:3; 5110
Jurisdiction, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5105; 5125
Loan guarantees by district, 4120:6; 4890
Minimum organization, 807–810
Nominating committee, 820–823
Officers, 800; 815; 823. SEE ALSO Local church officers
Organization, 500–542
Developing district, in, 542
Property, 315:6; 4650–4790
Quarterly meeting, 630:2
Relation to a circuit, 525
Reorganization of, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5320–5325
Rights of, 315
Secretary, 775; 830
Treasurer, 842
Trustees, 850–859
Vice-chair of LBA, 773
SEE ALSO circuit; established church; mission; pastoral charge; developing church

Local Church Conference, 625–655

Chair, 635
Characteristic of established church, 518
Composition, 625
Duties and powers, 655
Function, 625
Membership, 625
Notice of sessions, 630–633
Order of business, 650
Quorum, 640
Rules of order, 645
Secretary, 638
Sessions, 520:5; 630–633
Voting, 643

Local Church Education:

Sunday school, 885

Local Church Officers:

Definition and regulations, 815
Installation ritual, 5915
List of, 800
Nomination of, 823

Local church organization, 500–548
Local Laws, 4510
Local preacher, SEE Lay minister
Lodges, SEE Secret societies
Lord’s Day, 410:7

Sanctity of, 265:1

Lord’s Supper:

Administrants of, 313:1; 725:6; 3044:1; 3075:1
Article of Religion, 242
Frequency of observance, 293; 725:6
Means of grace, 265:9
Right of access to, 302:2
Ritual of, 5600–5635

Louisiana, SEE Mountain Plains District

M

Maine, SEE Atlantic district
Manitoba, SEE Central Canada district
Marion, Indiana, 16
Marriage:

Article of Religion, 222
Minister and, 3108–3112; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5251
Ministerial orders and, 3012
Minister’s care in performing, 3111–3112
Officiants, 725:7
Remarriage, 410:6; 3111
Ritual of, 5650–5680
SEE ALSO divorce

Maryland, SEE Chesapeake district
Massachusetts, SEE Northeast District
Matlack, Lucius C., 7
Matrimony, rite of, 5650–5680
Means of grace, 265:9
Members, church, SEE Church member, membership
Membership:

Of ministers, 3097–3100
Of pastors and senior pastors,578:2
associate pastors, 578:2

Membership classes, 568; 725:11; Guides and Helps to Holy Living, 3; 260-268
Membership, 550–610
Membership, reception ritual, 5550–5595
Membership roll in:

Affiliate church, 7005
Established churches, 610
Developing church, 510:2
Mission church, 537

Membership, student, 564–565
Memorials:

By district conference, 1153
By local church conference, 655:8
Committee, General Conference, 1565

"To the General Conference, 1557–1560
Mentally incompetent, salvation of, 226
Merger:

Basis, 50
Historical, 50
Of churches, 1233:31
Of districts, 1060–1065

Methodist Episcopal Church, 4–7; 11
Methodists, 2–6; 11–12. SEE ALSO Wesleyan Methodist
Mexico, 18; 29; 35; 80
Michigan, 7 See: East Michigan district, North Michigan district, and West Michigan district
Military chaplains, 1240:1:A:5; 3330
Military service, 410:3
Minimum organization:

Local church, 518:3; 810
Mission, 537
Developing church, 807

Minister, SEE Ministry, the
Minister of music, 870; 3210:2
Ministerial Appointments:, 3250–3390

Administrator, 1240:1:A:4; 3320; 3335
Associate general evangelist, 1240:1:A:3; 3280
Categories of service, 3250
Chaplains, military, 1240:1:A:5; 3330; 3335
Educator, 1240:1:A:4; 3310; 3335
Evangelist, 1240:1:A:3; 3280
General evangelists, 1240:1:A:3; 3285:1
Interchurch service, 1240:1:A:6; 3335
Interim pastor, 1240:1:A:2; 3261
Minister in process of transfer, 1240:1:F, G; 1240:2:E; 1240:3:D; 3104
Missionary, 1240:1:A:4; 3300; 3335
Ordained minister in process of transfer, denomination, 1240:1:G; 3104
Ordained minister in process of transfer, district, 1240:1:F
Ordained minister on educational leave, 1240:1:D; 3350:1
Ordained minister on reserve, 1240:1:C; 3360
Ordained minister without appointment, 1240:1:E; 3380
Pastor, 725; 735; 1240:1:A:2; 3255–3260
Reserve general evangelist, 1240:1:A:3; 3285:2
Retired ordained ministers, 1240:1:B; 3370
Special service, 1240:1:A:7; 3345
Student, 1240:4; 3350
Supply pastor, 1240:5:E; 3260
Without appointment, 1240:1:E; 3380

Ministerial Credentials:

Commissioned minister, 3059:1g
Ordained minister, 3089:2
Licensed minister, 3055:2

Ministerial Development, District Board of, 1375–1390
Ministerial Education:, 3150–3240

Administration of, 310; 3160
College/University, 3170:2
Continuing education, 3240
Correspondence course, 3170:3
Course of study, 3200–3210
Priority of, 3150
Programs of study, 3170
Seminary, 3170:1
Training outside The Wesleyan Church, 3170:4
Types of, 3170–3240

Ministerial membership, 310; 313:6; 3097–3100
Ministerial Orders and Regulations:, 3000

Commissioned minister, 3059
Ordained minister, 3067
Licensed minister, 3030–3055; 3093

Ministerial qualifications, 310; 3003–3012
Ministerial relationships, 313:5; 3044:3; 3075:4; 3114–3117
Ministerial rights, 313; 3044; 3075
Ministerial Student:, 3015:1; 3350:2

District license form, 6260
District listing, 1240:4
Duties, 3015:4
Recommendation for, 6420
Regulations, 3015:5
Renewing License, 3015:2
Rights, 3015:3

Ministerial Study Course Agency, 2385–2388
Ministerial study course certificate, 3033:3; 3059:1c; 3070:3; 3420; 6410
Ministerial training, SEE Ministerial education
Ministry, The:, 310–313; 3000–3490

Appointments, 3250–3390
Call, 3000–3006
Categories of service, 3250
Church membership, 3097–3100
Commissioned minister, 317; 1240:2; 3059
District appointment of ministers, 323:1; 1180:11, 24; 1233:10; 1240
District supervision of ministers, 1180:22–28; 1310:22–26; 1390; 1402
Education, 3150–3240
Ordained minister, 317; 3067–3089; 3093
Elementary Principles governing, 270–286
General regulations for, 3093
Lay minister, 3400–3440; 6200–6220
Licensed minister, 317; 3030–3055; 3093; 6260
Listing of ministers, 1240
Marriage and the minister, 3012; 3108–3112
Meaning of, 3000
Membership of ministers, 3097–3100
Ministerial student, 1240:4; 3015:1; 3350:2; 6260; 6420
Ordained minister, 3067–3089; 3093
Orders, 3000
Qualifications, 3000–3006
Reception from another denomination, 3104
Regulations, 3000
Relationship to other ministers and churches, 3114–3117
Reinstatement of ministers, 3120–3124
Restoration of ministers, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5230, 5251
Special advice, 3093
Special lay ministers, 3400–3490
Specialized minister, 3003–3006

Minnesota., SEE Iowa-Minnesota district
Minutes, district conference, 1178
Mision Methodista Zion, Honduras, 80
Mission:

In a developing district, 542
Local, 537; 655:14; 782:6; 1180:22
Of The Wesleyan Church, 100–105

Missionary:

Lay, commissioned, 1240:5:D; 3490
Ministerial appointment as, 3300
Regulations governing a, 2272

Missionary Bands of the World, 17:2
Missionary Bands of the World, Inc., The, 4230
Missionary objectives, 2258–2259; 2500
Missionary Society of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, Inc., The, 4230
Mississippi, SEE South Coastal district
Missouri, SEE Tri-State district
Modesty in Attire, 410:13
Monogamy, 222; 265:6
Montana, SEE Northwest district
Moral purity, 410:5
Mountain Plains District, 2403:12; 2445
Mozambique, 33; 35; 80
Myanmar, 80

N

Name adaptations, 80; 205; 340:2
Name of denomination, 205
Narcotics, 410:4
National Holiness Association, 12
Nebraska, SEE Mountain Plains District
Neglect, persistent, 305:4; 585:4; 600–605. SEE ALSO Discontinue church members
Nepal, 18
Nevada, SEE Pacific Southwest district
Nevis, 35
New birth, 230
New Brunswick, province of, SEE Atlantic district
Newfoundland, SEE Atlantic district
New Hampshire, SEE Northeast District
New Jersey, SEE Northeast District
New Mexico, SEE [Index M|[Mountain Plains District]]
New Testament, Article of Religion, 218
New York, 8, 28, SEE: Northeast, Penn York, and Western New York districts
New Zealand, 80
Nicaragua, 80
Nominating committee:

Circuit, 535
Consideration for diversity, 1175:2
District conference, 1172–1175
General Conference, 1563; 1580

North American General Conference, 2550
North Carolina East District, 2403:13; 2440
North Carolina West district, 2403:14; 2440
North Central, Representative Area, 2430
North Dakota, SEE Northwest district
Northeast District, 2403:15;

representative area, 2435

Northwest District, 2403:16; 2445
Northwest Territories, SEE Atlantic District
Nova Scotia, SEE Atlantic District
Nunavut, SEE Central Canada district

O

Oaths:

Judicial, 410:10
SEE ALSO Secret societies

Observance of sacraments, 290–293
Offenses, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5004; 5010
Office of the General Secretary, SEE Communication and Administration Division
Office of the General Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer, 1970–1976
Officers:

District, 1250
General Church, 1800
Local church, 800; 815

Ohio, SEE Greater Ohio district
Oklahoma, SEE Tri-State district
Oklahoma Wesleyan University, 2365:4
Old Testament, Article of Religion, 218
Ontario, province of, SEE Central Canada district
Ordained Ministers:

Appointed, 317; 1240:1:A; 3250–3345
Credentials of, 3089:2
Definition, 310; 3067
Duties of, 3085
Educational leave, 1240:1:D; 3350:1
From another denomination, 323:3; 3104; 6320
In process of transfer, 1240:1:F, G; 3104; 3390
Listing, 1240:1
On loan, 1240:1:A:2; 3100:2
Ordination certificate, 6300
Ordination service, 3070:6; 5750–5792
Qualifications for ordination, 323:3; 3070
Regulations for, 3089
Reserve, 317; 1240:1:C; 3360
Retired, 317; 1240:1:B; 3370
Rights of:, 313; 3075
Transfer of, 313:6; 3075:6; 3100:1
Voluntary filing of credentials, 3085:5; 3124
Voluntary surrender of credentials, 3085:6; 3089:4
Without appointment, 1240:1:E; 3380

Ordination:

Certificate, 3070:7; 6300
Council of, 1405
Emergency, 3070:5
In developing district, 1012
Public service of, 3070:6
Qualification for, 3070
Regulated by General Conference, 310
Ritual, 5750–5792

Oregon, SEE Northwest district
Original sin, 224

P

Pacific Southwest district, 2403:17; 2445
Pakistan, 80
Papua New Guinea, 18
Parliamentary procedure, 360:1; 645; 1138; 1547; 1590:14
Parsonage:, 313:4; 528:5; 532

Dedication ritual, 5975
SEE ALSO Property, local church

Pastor:, 675–725

Assistant, 678; 725:27; 741
Call, 705; 720
Duties and powers, 725
Extended call, 720
Function, 675–678
Initial call, 705–715
Installation ritual, 5905
Membership of, 578:2; 3097–3100
Of a circuit, 503; 528:1; 530
Of a developing church, 510:1–3
Of two or more pastoral charges, 503
Regular pastoral service, 3255
Removal, 782
Resignation, 710; 722:1
Sabbatical, 724
Senior pastor, 678; 735
Supply, 3260
Termination, 722
Voting on, 690-722. SEE ALSO Pastoral Vote, Voting

Pastoral agreement, 313:3; 315:2; 323:1–2; 697; 723; 1180:26
Pastoral appointment, 503; 3255
Pastoral, pastor call, SEE Pastoral agreement
Pastoral change, time of, 700
Pastoral charge, 315
Pastoral service, 1240:1:A:2; 3255
Pastoral support, annual review of, 723
Pastoral vote, voting:

Calling session of local church conference for, 633:3
Extended call, 720
General regulations, 692–695
Initial call, 705–715
Jurisdiction in, 690
Manner of, 690–722
Renewal of call, 718–722

Peace, 410:2
Penalties, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5115–5120
Penn York District, 2403:18; 2435
Pennsylvania, SEE Northeast and Penn York Districts
Pension, SEE Wesleyan Pension Fund Inc
Pentecost Bands of the World, Inc., 4230
Pentecostal Brethren in Christ, 30
Pentecostal Rescue Mission, 28
People’s Mission Church, 31
Perfection, Christian, 1; 236
Persistent neglect, 305:4; 585:4; 600-605
Personal choice, Article of Religion, 224, 220
Personal grievances,, 5004
Personnel records, 1387:3
Peru, 32; 35; 80
Philippines, 35; 65; 80; 2560; 6750:2
Pilgrim Church, The, 29
Pilgrim Holiness Church Corp., 4230
Pilgrim Holiness Church, The, 23–50
Pilgrim Pension Plan, Inc., The, 4410:1
Pilgrim Wesleyan Church, Zambia, 80
Planned gifts, 1995
Pocket certificate of standing, 6430
Policies, SEE Financial policies; General Board Policies
Pornography, 410:12
Post-secondary education by local church, 655:17; 1180:25; 1655:36
Prayer:

In public schools, 410:8
Means of grace, 265:9

Preacher, local, SEE Lay minister
Preaching:

Means of grace, 265:9
Right of ministers, 313:1; 3044:1; 3059:2; 3075:1

Preamble to North American Constitution, 200
Precedent corporations, 4230; 4410:2
Pre-ordination course of study, 3210:1
President pro tem of General Conference, 332
Prince Edward Island, SEE Atlantic District
Private judgment, 274
Privileged communications, 725:9
Process of transfer:

Commissioned minister, 1090:3; 1240:2:E; 3104
Commissioned special worker, 1240:5:B; 3470
Ordained minister, 1090:2; 1240:1:G; 3104
Licensed minister, 1090:3; 1240:3:D; 3104

Profanity, 265:1
Prohibition, 265:4, 410:4
Property, district:, 323:8; 4800–4890

Board of trustees, 4855
Developing district, 4650; 4800
Established district, 4660; 4830–4855
Loan guarantees, 4890
Management and control, 4840
Ownership, 4680; 4830
Rights to property, 4870–4880

Property, General:, 4500–4630

Application of regulations, 4500
Definition of terms, 4570–4580
Local laws, 4510
Restrictions, 4550, 4560
Trust clause and release, 4590–4630
Trustees, 4520–4560

Property, General Church:, 4900–4940

Bequests and devises, 4940
Incorporation, 4900
Ownership, 4920

Property, Local Church:, 315:6; 4650–4780

Abandoned, 4730
Circuit, 528:5; 532; 4740–4750
Developing church, 510:3–4; 4650–4670
Established church, 518:4; 4680–4730
Loan guarantees by district, 4120:6; 4890
Ownership, 4680
Property transactions, 4700–4720
Records, 4760
Rights to, 4770–4780
Trust clause and release, 4690

Public life, religion in, 410:8
Public Morals and Social Concerns, 1655:45-47
Public schools:

Bible reading and prayer in, 410:8
Questionable activities in, 410:9

Public worship, SEE Worship, public
Publishing House, Wesleyan, SEE Wesleyan Publishing House
Puerto Rico, 18; 80
Pulpit supply, 782:17
Purpose for man, God’s, 220

Q

Quadrennial review of extended call, 720:2
Qualifications:

For membership, 297
Of ministers, SEE Ministerial qualifications

Quebec, SEE Central Canada district
Quorum:

Board of Review, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5425:3
District board of administration, 1227
District conference, 1129
Executive Board, 1775
General Board, 1640
General Conference, 336; 1543
Local board of administration, 778
Local church conference, 640

R

Racial equality, 265:12, 360:3d
Realignment of districts, 1060–1065
Reception of members, 565–570; 5550–5595
Reclassification:

Of established district, 1042–1045
Of local church, 518:7; 859:5
Of member, 605

Recommendation by local church to district conference:

Of local workers, 315:4
Of ministerial students, 655:7; 782:19; 3015:1; 6420
Of special workers, 315:4; 3460; 6420

Recommendation, letters of:

From other denominations, 570
To other denominations, 590; 6030

Reconvened session, district conference, 1115
Record of membership, 610
Records:

District, 1332:6; 4760
Local church, 830:5; 4760
Property, 4760

Recourse, 313:7; 315:8; 323:10
Rees, Seth C., 24
Reform, social:

Historical background, 8; 13; 23
SEE ALSO Social responsibilities

Reformed Baptist Church of Canada, 17:3
Regeneration:

Article of Religion, 230
Condition of membership, 297:1; 553:1
Historical background, 12–13; 24

Reinstatement:

Of ministers or special workers, 3120–3124

Relationship, Pastoral. SEE Agreement, Pastoral
Religion, Articles of:, 210–250

Summary of, 299

Religion in public life, 410:8
Remarriage, 410:6; 3111; 3108
Removal:

Removal: Of local church officers, 655:5; 782:3; 815:4
Of local officials, 782:7; 825:4
Of pastor, 712; 722:2–3
Power of, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5288

Renewal of call, 718–722
Reorganization:

Of districts, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5375
Of local churches, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5320–5325; 5385

Repentance:

Article of Religion on, 228
For sin of divorce, 410:6

Representative areas, 1590:12; 2430–2445
Reserve ordained minister, 317; 1240:1:C; 3360
Reserve general evangelist, 3270–3275; 3285:2; 3286
Resignation:

Of local church officers, 815:2
Of other local officials, 825:5
Of pastor, 710; 722:1

Resolutions:

District conference, 1150–1156; 1233:9
Local church conference, 655:9

Restart project, 510:6d
Restoration:

Of backslider, 234
Of church members, 268
Of ministers, 3120–3124; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5230–5251

Resurrection:

Of Christ, Article of Religion, 214
Of the dead, Article of Religion, 246

Retired ordained minister, 317; 1240:1:B; 3370
Review:

District Board of, 1370; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5218–5221
General Board of, 370–380; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5400–5450

Revitalization project, 510:6c
Rhode Island, SEE Northeast District
Rhodesia, 18
Rights:

Discrimination forbidden, 360:3d
Equal, 410:1
Of Members, 302; 555
Inherent individual, 265:12
Of Ministers, 313; 3044; 3075
Commissioned, 3059:2
Of Ministerial students, 3015:3
Natural, 220

Rights of property, 4770–4780; 4870–4880
Rites and ceremonies, 420
Ritual:

Current authority for, 185
Definition, 175
Degree of flexibility in use, 175
SEE ALSO Rites and ceremonies

Ritual of baptism:, 5510–5530

Adults, 290; 5515
Affirmation of parental vows, 5530
Believers, 5515
Children, 290; 5515
Infants, 5500

Ritual of burial of dead, 5700–5725
Ritual of commissioning lay workers, 5855
Ritual of commissioning ministers, 5800–5845
Ritual of dedication services:, 5950–5975

Church building, 5950
Parsonage, 5975

Ritual of Infant dedication, 5500
Ritual of installation services:, 5900–5945

College or University President, 5945
District superintendent, 5930
General officials, 5935
Local church officers, 5915
Pastor, 5905

Ritual of Lord’s Supper:, 5600–5635
Ritual of marriage: 5650-5680

Longer form, 5650
Shorter form, 5680

Ritual of ordination of ordained ministers, 5750–5792
Ritual of reception of members:, 5550–5595

Members, 5565
Student members, 5577
Transfers, 5570

Rules of a helper (John Wesley), 3093
Rules of order:

Established by General Conference, 360:1; 1590:1
For district conference, 1138
For General Conference, 1547
For local church conference, 645

S

Sabbath, 35
Sabbath observance: Membership Commitment on, 265:1
Sabbatical, 724
Sacraments:

Access to, 302:2
Article of Religion, 242
Observance of, 290–293
SEE ALSO Baptism; Lord’s Supper

St. Croix, 35
St. Kitts, 35
St. Thomas, 35
St. Vincent, 35
Salvation, 230; 297:1; 553:1
Sanctification, 236
Saskatchewan, SEE Central Canada district
School:

Elementary, 655:17–19; 1233:32; 2306
Postsecondary, 655:17; 1180:25
Secondary, 655:17
SEE ALSO Educational Institutions, general; Public schools

Scott, Orange, 6–7
Scriptures, 218; 270; 276; 280

Inerrancy, 218; 299; 5566; 5772

Second Coming of Christ, Article of Religion, 244
Secondary schools:, 2306

Postsecondary, 655:17; 1180:25

Secret societies:

Historical background, 11
Joining forfeits membership, 305:2; 585:2; 595

Secretary:

District, 1330–1332
General, SEE' Executive Director of the Communication and Administration Division
Local, 775; 830

Secretary-treasurer:

Of district, 1180:30

Self-discipline, 265:3
Seminary:, 2368; 2382; 3170:1

Wesleyan Seminary Foundation, 2382

Senior pastor, 675; 678; 735. SEE ALSO Pastor
Service credentials, 6200–6460
Service report, annual, 1402
Sex:

Biblical view, 410:5
Discrimination forbidden, 360:3d
God’s plan for, 222
Rights not dependent upon, 265:12
Sexual promiscuity deplored, 265:12
Sexual sin, 265:6
SEE ALSO Divorce, Homosexuality

Shenandoah District, 2403:19; 2440
Sierra Leone, West Africa, 18; 80
Sin:

After regeneration, Article of Religion, 234
Article of Religion, 225
Atonement for, 226
Responsibility for, 224

Slavery, historical background, 6–11
Social concern, Christian, 410
Social responsibilities:

Respecting rights of all, 265:12
Securing natural rights for all, 220
Special directions concerning, 410

Social worker, 3210:5; 3450–3480; 6360–6380
Son of God, the, Article of Religion, 214
Song evangelist, 3210:5; 3450–3480; 6360–6380
South Africa, 18; 25; 33; 35; 80
South Africa Bantu, 80
South Carolina district, 2403:20; 2440
South Coastal district, 2403:21; 2440
South Dakota, SEE Northwest district
South Pacific. South Pacific Conference of The Wesleyan Methodist Church, 80
Southern, Representative Area, 2440
Southern Wesleyan University, 2365:5
South Korea, 80
Speaking in tongues, 265:10
Special directions, 400–475
Specialized minister, 3003–3012
Specialized ministries: Course of study for, 3210:2
Special lay ministries:, 3400–3490

Lay minister, 3400–3440
Lay missionary, 3490
Special worker, 3450–3480

Special nominations, committee on, 1580
Special offerings:, 2050:1, 3
Special service, ministerial appointment, 1240:1:A:7; 3345
Special worker:, 3210:5; 3450–3480; 6360–6380

Courses of study, 3210:5
Credentials, 6360–6400
Function, 3450
General regulations, 3480
In process of transfer, 1240:5:B
Listing, 1240:5:A-C

Specification of charges, 5024 Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc.
Spirit, Holy, 210; 216; 230; 236; 238
Spiritism 265:2
Spouse in ministry, 3450–3480
Standards of the General Board for Educational Institution, 2362:4
Statutory law:

Current authority for, 185
Definition, 155
Time when effected, 165

Stewardship:

Definition of, 460
Membership commitment on, 265:3
Methods of fund raising, 470
Special directions concerning, 460–475
Storehouse tithing, 465
Wills, bequeaths, annuities, 475

Student, ministerial, 3015:1; 3350:2
Study Course Agency, Ministerial, 2385–2388
Study Course Certificate, Ministerial, 6410
Study courses, SEE Courses of study
Subsidiary corporations, 4300–4320
Substance abuse, 410:4; SEE ALSO Abstinence
Summary of Articles of Religion, 299
Sunderland, LaRoy, 7
Superannuated Ministers’ Aid Society, 4410:2
Superintendent:

District superintendent, 1300–1310
General Superintendent, 1900–1945

Supply pastor:, 3260

Certificate of authorization form, 6240
General regulations, 3260
In another district, 3100:2
Listing, 1240:5:E

Support of ministers, 286; 723; 782:14
Suriname, 35; 80
Suspension of rules:

In district conference, 1141
In General Conference, 1553

Swaziland, 35; 80
Syracuse, NY, 16

T

Taiwan, 18
Temperance, 265:4
Tennessee, SEE Kentucky-Tennessee District
Termination of membership:, 268; 585–605

Discontinuance, 305:4; 315:1; 585:4; 600–605
Dismissal, 276; 305:3; 315:1; 585:3; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5115:5; 5120:1, 4, 5
Joining another body, 305:2; 585:2; 595
Reinstatement, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5130
Withdrawal, 305:1; 575; 585:1; 590–595; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5048; 6040

Texas, SEE Mountain Plains District
Theological Seminary, 2366; 2382; 3170:1
Time of pastoral changes, 700
Time, use of, 265:3; 410:12
Tithing, 465. SEE ALSO Stewardship
Tobacco:

Abstain from, 265:4
Special direction on, 410:4

Tobago, 35
Tongues, 265:10
Trafficking, meaning of, 265:4
Training, ministerial, SEE Ministerial education
Transfer:

Letters of, 6000–6020; 6440–6450
Of commissioned minister between districts, 3059:2f
Of commissioned minister from another denomination, 3104; 3390:2
Of ordained minister between districts, 3100:1
Of ordained minister from another denomination, 3104; 3390
Of licensed ministers between districts, 3055:3; 3100:1
Of licensed minister from another denomination, 3104; 3390
Of ministerial students between districts, 3015:3c; 3015:5d
Of ministerial students from another denomination, 3015:5c
Of pastor, senior pastor, or assistant pastor’s church membership, 578:2
Of special worker between districts, 3480
Of special worker from another denomination, 3460–3470

Treasurer:

District, 1335–1337
General, 1970–1976
Local, 842–845

Trinidad, 35
Trinity, The, Article of Religion, 210
Tri-State district, 2403:22; 2445
True Wesleyan, The, 7
Trust clause, 315:6; 323:8; 518:6; 4590–4630; 4680; 4690
Trustees:

Circuit, 532
District, 323:8; 1180:20; 1360–1365; 4855
Educational institutions, 340:2; 2362
General Church, 340; 1655:15–21
General regulations, 4520–4540
Local church, 315:6; 850–859

U

Under accusation, withdrawal while, 592; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5048
Under charges:

Consequences of being, 575; 590
Discipline, consequences of being under:
For districts, 323:9; 327:1; 360:3e; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5066; 5365; 5375
For local churches, 315:7; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5066; 5310; 5320
For members, 302:6; 575; 590; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5052; 5115
For ministers, 313; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5052; 5115; 5212–5215; 5288
Withdrawal while, 592; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5048

United Stewardship Fund (USF):, 2000–2045

District regulations, 2015–2030
General Church regulations, 2035–2045
Local church regulations, 2025–2030

Uniting General Conference, 50
University,

By local churches, 655:16; 1180:25
President, ritual for installation, 5945
Program of study for ministry, 3170:2
Trustees, 2362
SEE ALSO Educational institutions, general

Unity, Christian, 450
Unknown tongue, 265:10
Urban Missional Church, 523; 1233:26; 2005:3g
Utah, SEE Northwest district
Utica, NY, 8

V

Vacancies:

Area representatives on General Board, 1605:2
Board of Review, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5408
District officials, officers, 1272; 1292
District superintendent, 1303:6
District trustees, 1360
Executive Board, 1755
General Board, 1605:2
General officials, 1850
Local church offices, 782:24; 815:2; 825:5

Venezuela, 80
Vermont, SEE Northeast District
Vice-chair:

Circuit advisory council, 530
General Board, 1630; 1765
Local board of administration, 635; 773

Virginia, SEE Shenandoah District and Chesapeake Districts.
Voting:

By members, 302:3
To receive new members, 553:2; 633:2
For pastor, 692
At district conference, 1083; 1086
At General Conference, 1503:1
For district superintendent, 1303:1
For General Superintendent, 1590:15

W

War, 410:2
Washington, SEE Northwest district
Washington, DC, SEE Chesapeake district
Wedding ritual, 5650–5680
Wesley, Charles, 2
Wesley, John:

Historical background, 1-3, 6
“Rules of a Helper,”, 3093

Wesleyan Bible Conference Association, Inc., 4310:9
Wesleyan Church Corporation, 4200–4270
Wesleyan Church of Liberia, 80
Wesleyan Church of Sierra Leone, 80
Wesleyan Church of the Philippines, 65; 80; 2560
Wesleyan Church, The:

Classification of church law, 125–185
Constitution, 200–385
Current authority, 185
Essentials of, 125; 1590:1–2; 2610:7;
Formation, 50
History, 1–50
Mission, 100–105
Name, 80; 205
Relationship to other churches, 240; 450

Wesleyan Educational Council, 2355
Wesleyan Educational Society, Inc., The, 4230
Wesleyan Financial Holdings, Inc., 4310:8
Wesleyan Holiness Church, British Isles, 80
Wesleyan Holiness Church, Caribbean, 80
Wesleyan Investment Foundation, Inc., 4310:5
Wesleyan Methodist, The:

Church of America, The, 7; 16–18; 50
Connection of America, The, 8–16; 23

Wesleyan Methodist Church, Australia, 80
Wesleyan Methodist Church, India, 80
Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, Inc., The, 4230
Wesleyan Methodist Publishing Association of America, Inc., The, 4230
Wesleyan Native Ministries, 4230
Wesleyan Pension Fund, Inc., The:, 4230; 4400–4425

Wesleyan Retirement Plan, 4410:3

Wesleyan Property Holdings, Inc., 4310:7
Wesleyan Publishing House, 1870
Wesleyan Retirement Plan, 4410:3
Wesleyan Seminary Foundation, 2382
West Virginia, SEE Greater Ohio and Shenandoah districts. Western Representative Area, 2445
Western New York district, 2403:23; 2435
Wills, special direction concerning, 475
Wisconsin SEE Great Lakes District
Witchcraft, abstain from, 265:2
Withdrawal:

Of local church, unlawful, 4780
Of member, SEE withdrawal of member
Of minister, 1310:29; 3100:3–5; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5048; 6460
Of special worker, 1310:29; 3480; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5048; 6460
Request for, Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5048
SEE ALSO UNDER Transfer

Withdrawal of member:, 305:1; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5048

By letter of recommendation, 590; 6030
By letter of transfer, 575; 6000–6020
Letter of, 592; 6040
Through having joined another body, 595
Under accusation, 592; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5048
Under charges, 592; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5048
SEE ALSO UNDER Transfer

Woman’s Missionary Society of The Wesleyan Methodist Church of America, Inc., The, 4230
Word of God, SEE Holy Scriptures
World Organization:, 2500–2680

Established National/Regional Conference, 2610
General Conferences, 2620–2640
General Conference interrelations, 2630–2640
Caribbean General Conference, 2565
International Conference, 2650–2680
North American General Conference, 2550
Philippines General Conference, 2560

Worldliness, 265:4
Worldly pleasures, 265:4
Worship, public:

Ordained minister’s rights in, 313:1
Means of grace, 265:8–9
Rites and ceremonies, 420

Wyoming, SEE Northwest district

Y

Yayasan Gereja Wesleyan Indonesia, 80
Youth director, local, 3450–3480
Yukon Territory, SEE Central Canada district

Z

Zambia, 35; 80
Zimbabwe, 80

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