District Board of Administration Duties Related to the District Conference

Related to the District Conference

(4) Cooperate with the district superintendent in evaluating the health of the district; establishing policies, goals, and objectives for more effectively fulfilling the mission of the district; empowering the district superintendent to pursue the goals and objectives within the established policies and through the district’s pastors and members; and periodically receiving performance reports from the district superintendent.

(5) Carry out the plans and objectives of the district conference.

(6) Cooperate with the General Superintendent in establishing the date for the annual session of the district conference (1112).

(7) Call for a reconvened session of the district conference by a two-thirds majority vote of all members of the district board of administration, subject to the approval of the General Superintendent, and to call for a reconvened session when requested to do so by the General Board (1115) or the General Superintendent.

(8) Allot to each church or circuit of the district the number of lay delegates it shall elect to the district conference (1100).

(9) Submit resolutions directly to the district conference that will provide for a more efficient administration and advancement of the district work, and to submit proposed memorials to the General Conference (1557; 1180:3).

(10) Serve the district conference as a committee on pastoral relations and ministerial appointments, being responsible to:

(a) Review all pastoral agreements between churches and ministers of the district (690-722).

(b) Receive a report from the district board of ministerial development concerning matters related to district conference appointments and relations as set forth in 1390:10.

(c) Submit to the district conference a comprehensive report covering all the churches and ministers of the district: recommending any necessary changes in the boundaries of the pastoral charges or in the classification of churches (1180:22-23; 4720-4750); recommending the appointment of pastors for all churches for the coming year (510:1), including the approval, alteration, or veto of pastoral agreements already made by the churches and ministers (323:2), and the appointment of pastors or the delegation of responsibility for such appointment for churches otherwise without pastors (1180:24), and recommending the appointment and/or classification of all other ordained ministers (3075:5), commissioned or licensed ministers, special workers, and the licensing of ministerial students as set forth in 1180:24 and 1240 (3015:1).

(11) Carry out the following duties concerning the United Stewardship Fund (2000-2045): submit a recommendation to the district conference for the raising of the district obligation and the apportioning to each church of its share of the district obligation (2015; 1337:6); approve adjustments in United Stewardship Fund assessments due to building projects as set forth in 2005:2; administer the district plan for raising the district obligation and see that such obligation is paid in full (2015:3).