2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Preface
THE DISCIPLINE
of
THE WESLEYAN CHURCH 2016
WESLEYAN PUBLISHING HOUSE
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
Published by authority of the Thirteenth General Conference of The Wesleyan Church, held in Buffalo, New York June 4–8, 2016
Editing Committee
Kerry D. Kind
Jerry Lumston
Matthew Pickering
Mark A. Rennaker
Johanna Rugh
Ronald C. McClung, co-chair
Janelle Vernon, chair
Copyright © 2016 by Wesleyan Publishing House
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ISBN: 978-1-63257-198-4 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-63257-105-2 (hardback)
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Contents
Note: The basic unit in The Discipline is the paragraph, rather than page, chapter, or section. The paragraphs are numbered in order through the entire volume, but with many numbers skipped, in order to allow for future additions or amendments, and to fit into the following plan:
If a paragraph is divided into numbered parts, each is called a subparagraph. When a paragraph number is followed by a subparagraph number, the two numbers are joined by a colon. For example, 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:725:1 means paragraph 725, subparagraph 1. If a subparagraph is further divided into parts, they are identified by letter. For example, 1233:9b means paragraph 1233, subparagraph 9, division b. A comparative or “cf.” reference, when found within a sentence applies only to that sentence. When the “Cf.” appears parenthetically outside the sentence the comparative reference(s) apply to the whole of the preceding paragraph.