2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1303:1

(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 (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1180:31; cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1935:31). 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.