2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Local Church: Missions committee and secretary

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930. The local board of administration may, at the time of its annual election (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:782:23; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:825), elect a local director of missions, to serve for one year or until a successor is elected. General regulations concerning this office are given in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:825. The local director of missions shall assist the pastor in promoting the work of world missions, in keeping with the policies and programs of the Global Partners Division, the district conference and district board of administration and the district director of world missions. 955. The local board of administration may establish a committee on missions, composed of the pastor, the local director of missions, the president of men’s ministry or a representative of the men’s group, the director of women’s ministry, the coordinator of Wesleyan Kids for Missions, and such other members as the local board of administration shall elect. General regulations governing the elected membership on this committee are given in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:825. The local board of administration shall name the chair of the committee, and the committee shall choose its own vice-chair and director.

958. The local board of administration shall assign such duties to the committee on missions as it deems best, including any or all of the following:

(1) To promote the interests of Wesleyan world missions, in keeping with the programs of the Global Partners Division and the district director of world missions.
(2) To coordinate all missionary promotion and fund raising of the local church and its various departments and auxiliaries.
(3) To carry out all programs of missionary education authorized and assigned by the local board of Christian education.
(4) To make recommendations to the local board of administration concerning missionary conventions and services.
(5) To nominate, for election by the local board of administration, such standing or special subcommittees as the local board of administration shall approve, with a member of the committee as chair of each.