2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Local Church Education: Membership

875. Membership. The local board of administration shall serve as or shall establish a local spiritual formation leadership team (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:782:25). The pastor shall serve as chair unless the pastor shall recommend and the local board of administration shall assign this duty to another member of the local board of administration, such as the associate or assistant pastor or other qualified person. If a separate board is established, the local board of administration shall determine its membership, electing qualified members in keeping with the provisions of 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:825 and/or designating ex officio members from among the heads of the various spiritual formation agencies and auxiliaries (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:870; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:889; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:915-928), assigning such duties to it as the local board of administration deems fit (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:880). The local spiritual formation leadership team shall elect its own secretary.