Creating 1240:I:A
A. Appointed Ordained Ministers
- 1. District Service.
- The district superintendent and other ordained ministers in full-time service of the district in a ministerial capacity (3320; 1327; 1460).
- 2. Pastoral and Local Service.
- a. Ordained ministers appointed as pastors, assistant pastors, or interim pastors within the district (3255).
- b. Ordained ministers on loan to other districts of The Wesleyan Church for service as supply pastors (3100:2; 3260:1).
- c. Ordained ministers appointed to serve in a local church spiritual formation or Christian education program (3310:2).
3. Licensed Ministers
A. PASTORS (3255).
Licensed ministers appointed as pastors, associate pastors or assistant pastors of Wesleyan churches in that district (317; 1083:3).
B. OTHER APPOINTMENTS.
Licensed ministers appointed to service in a local church spiritual formation or Christian education program (3310:2) or in a ministerial capacity to district, denominational, or interchurch service (3250; 3300; 3320; 3335); itinerant Bible teachers (3310:3).
C. IN PROCESS OF DISTRICT TRANSFER.
Licensed ministers receiving appointment by the district conference to 1240:3:A or B but whose processes of transfer from another district of The Wesleyan Church are not yet completed.
- 1. The receiving district shall list the licensed minister under the appropriate category of service, followed by the notation, “Pending Completion of District Transfer.” The licensed minister shall be a nonvoting member of this district until completion of the transfer (3100:1).
- 2. The sending district shall list the licensed minister as “Applied for District Transfer.” Unless a licensed minister is an ordained minister-elect, said minister shall remain a nonvoting member of the sending district until completion of the district transfer (1083:2, 3).
D. IN PROCESS OF DENOMINATIONAL TRANSFER.
Licensed ministers or their equivalent from other denominations who have been granted recognition as licensed ministers in process of transfer (3104).
4. Ministerial Students
Those approved by the district conference to be licensed as ministerial students as set forth in 3015:1.
5. Lay Workers
A. COMMISSIONED SPECIAL WORKERS (3450; 3470)
List by specific category such as director of music, director of spiritual formation or Christian education, youth director, song evangelist, children’s worker, lay evangelist, social worker, or spouse in ministry.
B. COMMISSIONED SPECIAL WORKERS IN PROCESS OF TRANSFER (3450; 3470)
List by specific category (refer to 1240:5:A).
C. LICENSED SPECIAL WORKERS (3450; 3460)
List by specific category (refer to 1240:5:A).