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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	360:3d
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:I:A:7; 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:V:B
Special worker: Listing	1240:V: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:V:E
Support of ministers	286; 723; 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