Index

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

Index  

Abandoned church property	4730
Abortion	410:11
Absentee ballots	695
Abstinence: From Alcoholic Beverages	265:4; 410:4
Abstinence: From astrology	265:2
Abstinence: From food	265:9
Abstinence: From gambling	265:4
Abstinence: From harmful drugs	265:4; 410:4
Abstinence: From spiritism	265:2
Abstinence: From tobacco	265:4; 410:4
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 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: To Board of Review	5405
Alternate delegates: To District Conference	1106
Alternate delegates: To General Conference	1516–1518
Ancestry, discrimination forbidden,	360:3d
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; 3059:2a; 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
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	2005:1g; 2005:3b
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; 3059:1g; 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; 360:3d 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	1240:5d
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	1240:5b; 3470
Commissioned special worker: Listing of	1240:5a
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	3059:4b
Credentials: Of ordained minister	3089:2
Credentials: Of licensed minister	3055:2
Credentials: Of ministerial student	3015:5b
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  

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

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

 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

 

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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

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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	80
Youth camps	1455:4
Youth committee, local Christian education	878
Youth director, local	3210:5; 3450–3480
Yukon Territory	SEE Central Canada district

 

Z

Index  

Zambia	35; 80
Zimbabwe	80
Zones, district	1233:13

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