2016 Wesleyan Discipline: 782:28

(28) To direct the local board of trustees in the maintenance of church property, the signing of notes and mortgages and the attending to all legal matters connected with the church, in keeping with the requirements of local laws (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4510), and The Discipline (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:850-859; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4500-4720; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4760); or if trustee responsibility is delegated to the local board of administration by the local church conference, to care for such matters.