General representative
From Wesleyan Discipline
350
- (3) The General Superintendent(s) shall preside over the sittings of the General Conference and over the district conferences. At the district conference over which a General Superintendent is presiding, the district superintendent shall serve by being seated at the presiding officer’s table to advise and assist the chair. In the event a General Superintendent is unable to be present at a district conference, the district superintendent shall preside as chair, unless another representative appointed by the General Superintendent is present.
1180
- (7) Receive the appointed general representative to preside over the district conference whenever the General Superintendent is not present (350:3; 1935).
1935
- (28) To arrange the dates for the district conferences, in consultation with district superintendents, so the General Superintendent may be present; to approve a reconvened session of a district conference (1115); and to appoint a general official as a General Church representative to a district conference whenever the General Superintendent is unable to attend (350:3).