Index W

W

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	1-4, 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	1503:1c; 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