1240:3
From Wesleyan Discipline
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).