2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1275-1292

C. District Departmental Officers and Committees

1275. Identification. District departmental officers include the district director of evangelism and church growth (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1426), the district director of Global Partners (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1429), the district director of spiritual formation (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1460), the district director of leadership training (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1486), the district director of adult ministries (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1494), the district director of youth ministries (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1492), the district director of children’s ministries (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1489), the district director of men’s ministry, the district director of women’s ministry (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1439), and the district educational director (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1496). All district departmental officers and members of district boards (other than the district board of administration, cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1206) and committees are subject to the regulations as set forth herewith in paragraphs 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1275-1292.

1278. Qualifications. A district departmental officer or member of a district board or committee (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1275) must be a member who meets the leadership qualifications (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:260-268; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:558) of a local Wesleyan church within the district at the time of election, with the exception of ordained ministers appointed to denominational service, and if a minister, a ministerial member of the district (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1292).

1282. Term of Office. A district departmental officer (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1275) or member of a district board or committee elected or appointed by the district conference or district board of administration may be elected or appointed for either one-year or two-year terms of service, unless otherwise stated in The Discipline (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1378; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1416; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1432). A district may, by a two-thirds vote, adopt three-year terms for the district board of administration, with approximately one-third being elected each year. The district departmental officer or member of a district board or committee shall assume office at the close of the district conference session at which elected or, whenever elected by the district board of administration, at the time of the election and shall serve until the close of the designated term.

1285. Amenability. All district departmental officers and members of district boards or committees (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1275) shall carry out their duties according to The Discipline and other directives of the General Church or district. They shall serve under the general supervision of the district superintendent and shall be amenable to the district board of administration. They may be removed by the district board of administration, by a majority vote, for cause or when the best interests of The Wesleyan Church and the district so require (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1233:28b).

1288. Reports. A district departmental officer shall report to the district conference as required by The Discipline or by the district conference (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1180:13), and shall make other reports to the board or committee under which service is performed, the district board of administration or the district superintendent as may be requested.

1292. Vacancies. The office of a district departmental officer or membership on a district board or committee (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1275) may become vacant by death, by cessation of membership in a local Wesleyan church within the district, by resignation, by removal (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1285) or in the case of a minister, by ceasing to be a ministerial member of the district, or in the case of a minister serving under the special provision of paragraph 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1278, by discontinuing the appointment to denominational service. A vacancy may be declared and filled for the unexpired term by the district board of administration, by a majority vote.