2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Certificate: General evangelists

3285

(1) Upon completion of two years of service as an associate general evangelist, the district board of administration may recommend that person to the district conference as a general evangelist. The two-year requirement may be waived if, in the judgment of the district board of administration and the district conference, an ordained minister is uniquely qualified to serve the General Church in this capacity. Endorsement of the district conference, the General Superintendent, and the Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship shall be required for appointment as a general evangelist. Upon approval for appointment to the category of general evangelist a certificate of such appointment shall be issued and signed by the district superintendent, the district secretary (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:6340) and the Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship.

6340. General Evangelist’s Certificate (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3285).

This certifies that ________________, a(n) ________________* of the ____________ District of The Wesleyan Church, having been appointed by the district to the work of evangelism and being recommended by that district as a person qualified for such service to the Church at large, is hereby authorized to exercise the ministry of a general evangelist for one year from the date hereto affixed and is recommended to all whom it may concern for employment as an evangelist.

By order and in behalf of the district conference of the ___________ District of The Wesleyan Church, this ______ day of __________, A.D. ________.

___________________________ Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship ___________________________ District Superintendent ___________________________ District Secretary

(*Insert the proper term, namely ordained minister or commissioned minister.)

(This certificate may be renewed annually; and when so renewed, notation shall be made on the reverse side of this form of the date on which such renewal was ordered, and the same shall be attested by the signature of the district superintendent and the district secretary.)