2016 Wesleyan Discipline:District Conference Duties and Powers Relating to the Election of Officials and Committees

Relating to the Election of Officials and Committees

(31) To elect, by ballot and by majority vote, an ordained minister to the office of district superintendent for a term of two years (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1303:2, 4; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1935:31). Reelection thereafter shall be for a term of four years or for an extended call (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1303:2, 4).

(32) To authorize, if so desired, election by the district board of administration of one or more ordained minister(s) as assistant district superintendent(s) (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1320).

(33) To elect, by ballot and by majority vote, a district secretary (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1330; cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1175:1), a district treasurer (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1335; cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1175:1) or, if deemed advisable, a district secretary-treasurer and members-at-large of the district board of administration (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1203-1206). The district conference may authorize the district board of administration to appoint or employ a district treasurer (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1335).

(34) To designate, if it so desires, the ordained ministers of the district board of ministerial development as the council of ordination (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1405; cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1233:37).

(35) To elect the following or to delegate election to the district board of administration:

(a) District building committee (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1345);

(b) District statistical committee (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1350-1352);

(c) District director of evangelism and church growth (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1426);

(d) District director of Global Partners (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1429);

(e) District director of spiritual formation (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1460) or a district Sunday school director (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1483); and

(f) If desired, a district director of leadership training (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1486), a district director of children’s ministries (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1489), a district director of Wesleyan Youth (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1492), a district director of adult ministries (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1494), and such other district ministry leaders deemed necessary.

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(39) To elect a district board of review as set forth in paragraph 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1370 (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1175:2; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:5218).