2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Name adaptations

80. The following are the official names of the various units of The Wesleyan Church. Included are those whose adaptation of the name have been approved in keeping with the provisions of 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:205 and 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:340:2. These are printed for information only. Changes may be authorized when necessary by the General Board (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:340:2; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1655:32).

Australia: The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia

Bougainville: The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Bougainville

Brazil: Igreja Evangelica Wesleyana

British Isles: The Wesleyan Holiness Church

Caribbean: (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2565) The Wesleyan Holiness Church of the Caribbean

Chile: Ministerio Evangelistico y Misionero “Cristo es la Unica Respuesta”

Colombia: La Iglesia Wesleyana de Colombia

Costa Rica: Iglesia Wesleyana Internacional de Costa Rica

Egypt: The Standard Wesleyan Church

Ghana: Wesleyan Church Ghana

Guyana: The Wesleyan Church

Haiti: L’Eglise Wesleyenne d’Haiti

Honduras: Mision Methodista Sión

India, Central: The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Central India

India, East: The Wesleyan Methodist Church of East India

India, Western: The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Western India

Indonesia: Yayasan Gereja Wesleyan Indonesia

Liberia: The Wesleyan Church of Liberia

Mexico: Iglesia Evangélica de los Peregrinos

Mozambique: Igreja Emmanuel Evangelica Wesleyana

Myanmar: The Wesleyan Methodist Church

New Zealand: Wesleyan Methodist Church of New Zealand

Nicaragua: Asociación Mundial de Iglesias Wesleyanas de Nicaragua

Pakistan: The Wesleyan Church—Pakistan

Peru: Iglesia Wesleyana Peregrina

Philippines (cf. 2560): The Wesleyan Church of the Philippines

Puerto Rico: Iglesia Evangélica Wesleyana

Sierra Leone: The Wesleyan Church of Sierra Leone

South Africa: The Wesleyan Church of Southern Africa

South Korea: Jesus Korea Wesleyan Church

South Pacific: The South Pacific Conference of The Wesleyan Methodist Church

Suriname: De Wesleyaanse Gemeente

Swaziland: Emmanuel Wesleyan Church of Swaziland

United States and Canada: The Wesleyan Church

Venezuela: Iglesia Evangélica Wesleyana

Zambia: Pilgrim Wesleyan Church of Zambia

Zimbabwe: The Wesleyan Church

205. The name of this communion is The Wesleyan Church. Wherever the use of this name is impossible or impractical, adaptation may be made by the authorized body (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:340:2). 340

(2) The General Board of Administration is the chief governing body of the Church in the interim of the General Conferences, and as such is empowered to perfect all plans necessary to the performance of its duties; it shall constitute or create the basic board of control of each and all of the Wesleyan societies and institutions now incorporated or hereafter incorporated under the laws of any state of the United States or of any province of Canada or under any other jurisdiction where such is permitted by the laws of said jurisdiction. The General Board of Administration shall have jurisdiction over mission units under the North American General Conference. It shall have the authority to approve a discipline for each unit achieving recognition as a fully established general conference and for each mission unit. In so doing, it shall have the power to adapt the name of the Church within the restrictions of paragraph 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:205, and to adapt the provisions of The Discipline of the North American General Conference, including both constitutional and statutory law, provided that it does not contravene the Essentials of The Wesleyan Church. In authorizing the adaptation of the name for a unit achieving recognition as an established general conference, it shall first consult with the highest interim administrative bodies of the other established general conferences which are members of The International Conference of The Wesleyan Church.