2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3310

3310. Ordained, commissioned or licensed ministers may serve as educators in educational institutions, or itinerant Bible teaching ministers to local churches and districts, and be appointed as follows:

(1) When an ordained, commissioned or licensed minister has been employed to serve in a ministerial capacity on the administrative staff or faculty of one of the general educational institutions of The Wesleyan Church, or of one of the seminaries approved by The Wesleyan Seminary Foundation, the district conference shall list the minister as if it had made the appointment. An ordained minister so serving shall be placed upon the appointed list (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1240:I:A:4d) and shall be a voting member of the district conference (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1083:1). A commissioned or licensed minister so serving shall be a nonvoting member of the district conference (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1090:3).

(2) An ordained, commissioned or licensed minister may be employed in a ministerial capacity in spiritual formation or a special Christian education program of a local Wesleyan church, subject to review by the district board of administration and appointment by the district conference (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1180:26; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1233:10). An ordained minister so appointed shall be placed upon the appointed list (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1240:I:A:2c) and shall be a voting member of the district conference (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1083:1). A commissioned or licensed minister so serving shall be a nonvoting member of the district conference and shall be listed under “Other Appointments” (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1090:3; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1240:II:B; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1240:III:B).

(3) When an ordained, commissioned or licensed minister devotes time to traveling and teaching in local churches and districts without a specific or pastoral assignment, the minister shall be recognized as an itinerant Bible teacher subject to recommendation and appointment by the district conference of which the minister is a member. An ordained minister so appointed shall be placed on the appointed list (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1240:I:A:4e), and shall be a voting member of the district conference. A commissioned or licensed minister so appointed shall be a non-voting member of the district conference and shall be listed under “Other Appointments” (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1240:II:B or 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1240:III:B) as is appropriate.