Index M

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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:I:A:5; 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:I:A:4; 3320; 3335
Ministerial Appointments: Assistant pastor	741; 1240:I:A:2; 3255
Ministerial Appointments: Associate general evangelist	1240:I:A:2; 3280
Ministerial Appointments: Associate pastor	738; 1240:I:A:2; 3255
Ministerial Appointments: Categories of service	3250
Ministerial Appointments: Chaplains, military	1240:I:A:5; 3330; 3335
Ministerial Appointments: Educator	1240:I:A:4; 3310; 3335
Ministerial Appointments: Evangelist	1240:I:A:3; 3280–3295
Ministerial Appointments: General evangelists	1240:I:A:3; 3285:1
Ministerial Appointments: Interchurch service	1240:I:A:6; 3335
Ministerial Appointments: Interim pastor	1240:I:A:2; 3261
Ministerial Appointments: Minister in process of transfer	1240:I:F, G; 1240:II:E; 1240:III:D; 3104
Ministerial Appointments: Missionary	1240:I:A:4; 3300; 3335
Ministerial Appointments: Ordained minister in process of transfer, denomination	1240:I:G; 3104
Ministerial Appointments: Ordained minister in process of transfer, district	1240:I:F
Ministerial Appointments: Ordained minister on educational leave	1240:I:D; 3350:1
Ministerial Appointments: Ordained minister on reserve	1240:I:C; 3360
Ministerial Appointments: Ordained minister without appointment	1240:I:E; 3380
Ministerial Appointments: Pastor	725; 735; 1240:I:A:2; 3255–3260
Ministerial Appointments: Reserve general evangelist	1240:I:A:3; 3285:2
Ministerial Appointments: Retired ordained ministers	1240:I:B; 3370
Ministerial Appointments: Special service	1240:I:A:7; 3345
Ministerial Appointments: Student	1240:IV; 3350
Ministerial Appointments: Supply pastor	1240:V:E; 3260
Ministerial Appointments: Without appointment	1240:I:E; 3380
Ministerial Credentials: Commissioned minister	3059:1g
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:IV
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; 3059:1c; 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:II; 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:IV; 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	360:3e; 1035
Missionary: Lay, commissioned	1240:V: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