1240:2

2. Commissioned Ministers

A. PASTORS (3255)

Commissioned ministers appointed as pastors or as full-time assistant pastors of Wesleyan churches in that district (317; 1083:3).

B. OTHER APPOINTMENTS.

Commissioned ministers appointed to service in a local church spiritual formation or Christian education program (3310:2) or in a ministerial capacity to district, denominational, or interchurch service (3250; 3300; 3320; 3335); itinerant Bible teachers (3310:3).

C. COMMISSIONED MINISTERS WITHOUT APPOINTMENT (3380).

1. Commissioned ministers not available for appointment.

2. Commissioned ministers employed in other than a ministerial capacity by the General Church (3320), by a general educational institution or one of the seminaries connected with the Wesleyan Seminary Foundation (3310) or in interchurch service (3335).

D. COMMISSIONED MINISTERS IN PROCESS OF DISTRICT TRANSFER.

Commissioned ministers receiving appointment by the district conference to 1240:2:A or B but whose processes of transfer from another district of The Wesleyan Church are not yet completed.

1. The receiving district shall list the commissioned minister under the appropriate category of service, followed by the notation, “Pending Completion of District Transfer.” The commissioned minister shall be a nonvoting member of this district until completion of the transfer (3100:1).

2. The sending district shall list the commissioned minister as having “Applied for District Transfer.” The commissioned minister shall remain a nonvoting member of the sending district until completion of the transfer (1083:3).

E. COMMISSIONED MINISTERS IN PROCESS OF DENOMINATIONAL TRANSFER.

Commissioned ministers or their equivalent from other denominations who have been granted recognition as commissioned ministers in process of transfer (3104).

F. RETIRED COMMISSIONED MINISTERS (3371)

Commissioned ministers retired because of age or incapacitated by infirmity, provided they were either on the appointed list, on reserve, or on educational leave at the time of such incapacitation or retirement.