1303:1
From Wesleyan Discipline
- (1) Election. The district superintendent shall be elected by the district conference, by ballot and by majority vote, from among the ordained ministers of The Wesleyan Church (1180:29). A favorable vote of less than two-thirds majority requires General Church approval. If the district superintendent who is elected is from outside the membership of the electing district, the district superintendent shall immediately arrange for the transfer of local and district membership.