2016 Wesleyan Discipline:Membership roll: In developing church
From Wesleyan Discipline
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- (2) A membership roll shall be maintained, ordinarily for one to twenty-four members. Candidates for membership shall be examined and recommended by the pastor until such a time as a local advisory council is formed and assumes this duty; and their reception shall be authorized by the district superintendent (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1310:17).