Local Church Officers: List of

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800. The following summarizes for quick reference the various officers, boards, and committees of the local church:

(1) The church shall have the following officers and personnel, elected by the local church conference:
board of administration, local (750-782)
church secretary (830)
church treasurer or business manager (842)—appointment may be delegated to the local board of administration
delegates to district conference (965; 1086; 1100-1109)
pastor (675-725)
trustees (850-859), unless delegated to the local board of administration
(2) The church shall have the following officers and personnel, elected by the local board of administration:
auditor or auditing committee (863)
offering teller (845:3)
vice-chair of local board of administration (773)
(3) The church may have additional ministry leaders and personnel, as it deems necessary, elected by the local church conference, such as:
associate pastor (738)—elected by the local church conference
lay leader (833)—elected by the local church conference
spiritual formation director or Sunday school superintendent (887-890)
nominating committee (820-823) —up to four additional committee members who are not local board of administration members to serve with the pastor and two members elected by the local board of administration from among its membership
(4) The church may have additional ministry leaders and personnel, as it deems necessary, elected by the local board of administration, such as:
adult ministry director, staff and team (924)
assistant treasurer (845:1)
assistant pastor (741)
building committee (856:6)
children’s ministry director, staff, and team (880:2, 7-8)
communion committee (873)
custodial staff (782:17; 856:5)
day care and/or day school committee (655:19-20; 782:36-37; 1233:35)
educational director (926)
evangelism director and committee (935; 960)
fellowship committee (880:19)
finance and stewardship committee (865-868)
financial or tithing secretary (845:2)
judicial committee (970; 5110)
lay assistant to the pastor (744)
literature secretary (928)
missions director and committee (930; 955)
music committee (873)
music minister or director (870)
nominating committee (820-823)—two members elected by the local board of administration from its membership
office staff (725:29; 782:17)
pastor’s advisory committee (795)
spiritual formation leadership team (875-880)
Sunday school staff and committee (895-903)
ushering committee (873)
witness and membership committee (835-837)
women’s ministry officers and committees (945)
Wesleyan Youth adult leader, officers, and committees (922)