1240:3

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).