Officers: Local church

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)

815. The church officers shall include all members of the local board of administration, and delegates to district conference who shall serve subject to the following regulations:

(1) They must be members of the local Wesleyan church electing them (302:4; 558) and members who meet the leadership qualifications (260-268; 558).

(2) They shall be elected by the local church conference at its annual session (315:5-7; 820-823). Vacancies occurring between annual sessions of the local church conference shall be filled for the unexpired term by the local board of administration.

(3) They shall carry out their duties as given in The Discipline and as further defined by the local church conference and the local board of administration.

(4) They shall be under the general supervision of the pastor, shall be amenable to the local church conference, and may be removed for cause or when the best interests of the church so require, by a majority vote of the local board of administration (752:1; 815:2; 825:4).