Forms: District
6420. Recommendation for District License (3015:1; 3033:4; 3410; 3460).
This certifies that _____________, a member with leadership qualifications in good standing of the _____________________ Wesleyan Church, is hereby recommended by ____________ local church conference to the _____________ District Conference of The Wesleyan Church as having the gifts, graces, usefulness, and other qualifications necessary for district authorization to serve as a __________*.
By order and in behalf of the local church conference of the ____________ Wesleyan Church, this ______ day of ________, AD ______.
________________________ Pastor ________________________ Local Church Secretary
_______________________
(*Insert the proper term, namely ministerial student, licensed minister or licensed special worker. If licensed special worker, add the particular type of service, such as licensed special worker—director of music, director of spiritual formation, youth director, song evangelist, children’s worker, spouse in ministry, lay evangelist or social worker.)
6430. Pocket Certificate of Standing (3015:5b; 3055:2; 3059:4b; 3089:2).
This certifies that ____________________ was, on this ______ day of ___________, AD _________, a(n) ____________* in good standing of the ________________ District of The Wesleyan Church.
___________________________ District Secretary
Valid only for one year, and only when signed by the secretary.
_______________________
(*Insert the proper term such as ordained minister, commissioned minister, licensed minister, ministerial student, commissioned special worker or licensed special worker.)
6440. District Letter of Transfer (3100:1; 3480).
To the superintendent of the ___________________ District of The Wesleyan Church.
This certifies that _______________ is a(n) ______________* in good standing in the _________________ District of The Wesleyan Church, and, having requested a transfer, is hereby transferred and recommended to your district, subject to the action of said district.
By the authority and on behalf of the _________________ District of The Wesleyan Church, this ______ day of __________, AD ________.
________________________ District Superintendent
The person for whom the letter is granted shall continue as a member of the district granting the letter until the district receiving the letter replies on form 6450.
_______________________
(*Insert the proper term, namely appointed ordained minister, ordained minister on reserve, ordained minister on educational leave, retired ordained minister, ordained minister without appointment, commissioned minister, licensed minister, ministerial student, commissioned special worker or licensed special worker. If licensed special worker, add the particular type of service, such as licensed special worker—director of music, director of spiritual formation, youth director, song evangelist, children’s worker, spouse in ministry, lay evangelist or social worker. If the person being transferred is a licensed minister or licensed special worker, the transfer is not valid unless accompanied by a properly attested statement of standing in the course of study and of the person’s service record in the district.)
6450. Acknowledgment of District Letter of Transfer (3100:1; 3480).
To the superintendent of the _____________________ District of The Wesleyan Church.
This certifies that _______________, for whom you issued a letter of transfer as a(n) ______________* dated the ______ day of ____________, AD ____________, has been duly enrolled by the District as a(n) ______________*, the transfer having been completed on the ______ day of __________, AD ________, and we send you this acknowledgment in order that you may complete your record of the transfer.
By the authority and on behalf of the _____________ District of The Wesleyan Church, this ______ day of __________, AD ________.
________________________ District Superintendent
_______________________
(*Insert the proper term, namely appointed ordained minister, ordained minister on reserve, ordained minister on educational leave, retired ordained minister, ordained minister without appointment, commissioned minister, licensed minister, ministerial student, commissioned special worker or licensed special worker. If licensed special worker, add the particular type of service, such as licensed special worker—director of music, director of spiritual formation, youth director, song evangelist, children’s worker, spouse in ministry, lay evangelist or social worker.)
6460. District Letter of Standing (3100:3; 3480).
This certifies that ____________ has been up to this date a(n) _______________* in good standing in the ______________ District of The Wesleyan Church, and being desirous of removing from The Wesleyan Church, is hereby released and cordially recommended to the Christian confidence of those to whom this letter may be presented.
By the authority and on behalf of the _________________ District of The Wesleyan Church, this ______ day of __________, AD ________.
________________________ District Superintendent
It is understood that this letter terminates immediately any relationship the bearer may have had to The Wesleyan Church as a minister or special worker.
_______________________
(*Insert the proper term, namely ordained minister, commissioned minister, licensed minister, ministerial student, commissioned special worker or licensed special worker. If licensed special worker, add the particular type of service, such as licensed special worker—director of music, director of spiritual formation, youth director, song evangelist, children’s worker, spouse in ministry, lay evangelist or social worker.)