District Board of Administration Duties Relating to District Officers, Committees, and Auxiliaries

Duties Relating to District Officers, Committees, and Auxiliaries

(12) Have the general oversight of all district officials (1255) and organizations of the district; approve their plans and to coordinate their work; and see that the work is administered according to The Discipline and the directives of the district conference (1265-1272; 1285-1292; 1337:8; 1384).

(13) Incorporate the district, when so authorized by the district conference (1180:19), as provided for in 4100-4150]; serve as the board of directors of such corporation; have power on its own resolution to acquire, purchase, manage, sell, exchange, mortgage, deed in trust, pledge, rent, lease, and convey any property, real, personal, or mixed, as may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of the corporation; and exercise its corporate powers in accord with the provisions of The Discipline (4100-4150; 4500-4630; 4660; 4680; 4800-4880).

(14) Carry out, whenever the district is not incorporated, such duties, and exercise such authority over district property and other legal affairs as set forth in 4500-4630 and 4800-4880.

(15) Provide for the preservation and security of all district records and archives, directing the district superintendent (1310:13; 4760), the district secretary (1332:6-7), the secretary of the district board of ministerial development (1387), and any others, concerning the care of the records placed in their custody.

(16) Space reserved.

(17) Adopt an annual budget of income and expense for the district; set the salaries, allowances, and related matters for the district officials (1303:2); to promote the raising of district funds in keeping with the plans of the district conference (1180:15); to set aside a portion of all local church base income for church multiplication purposes and to hold the same in accounts only for reporting that district’s multiplication plans; to direct the district treasurer in the handling and disbursement of such funds (1337:3); to have the district treasurer bonded, and to set the amount of such bond, the expense for which shall be paid by the district.

(18) Employ an auditor and to assign the duties (1340), and direct an audit of the records and funds in the custody of the district treasurer, or any other treasurers of the district (1337:7).

(19) Elect or employ a district treasurer and to elect such district officers and members of the district boards or committees as required by The Discipline or delegated to it by the district conference (1180:30; 1233:34; 1245; 1340); to elect members of the district board of ministerial development in keeping with the requirements for that board; and to ratify the appointment of the chair if the district superintendent chooses not to serve (1378-1381).

(20) Take responsibility for developing, supervising, and promoting an aggressive program of district evangelism and church growth, and to cooperate in such endeavor with the General Superintendent.

(21) Space reserved.

(22) Elect four ordained ministers and three lay members as members of the district board of review, and to elect two ordained ministers and two lay members to serve as alternates and to fill vacancies (Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5218).

(23) Request a ruling on a point of Church law or an interpretation of The Discipline from the General Superintendent and to appeal the same to the Board of Review (2064; Gen. Bd. Policy on Ch. Disc. 5445:1-2); and to request assistance from the General Board or its Executive Board, through the General Superintendent, when deemed necessary.

(24) Remove for cause or whenever the best interests of the Church and the district so require:

(a) Any of its own members, with the exception of the district superintendent (1307), by a two-thirds majority vote of all members, and to fill such vacancies for the unexpired term (1206; 1265; 1272).

(b) Any member of a board or other agency of the district by a majority vote and to fill such vacancies for the unexpired term (1292).