2016 Wesleyan Discipline: 1240:II

II. Commissioned Ministers

A. PASTORS

(2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3255)
Commissioned ministers appointed as pastors or as full-time associate or assistant pastors of Wesleyan churches in that district (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:317; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1083:3).

B. OTHER APPOINTMENTS.

Commissioned ministers appointed to service in a local church spiritual formation or Christian education program (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3310:2) or in a ministerial capacity to district, denominational or interchurch service (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3250; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3300; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3320; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3335); itinerant Bible teachers (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3310:3).

C. COMMISSIONED MINISTERS WITHOUT APPOINTMENT

(2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3380)

1. Commissioned ministers not available for appointment.

2. Commissioned ministers employed in other than a ministerial capacity by the General Church (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3320), by a general educational institution or one of the seminaries connected with the Wesleyan Seminary Foundation (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3310) or in interchurch service (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3335).

D. IN PROCESS OF DISTRICT TRANSFER.

Commissioned ministers receiving appointment by the district conference to 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1240:II:A or B but whose processes of transfer from another district of The Wesleyan Church are not yet completed.

1. The receiving district shall list the commissioned minister under the appropriate category of service, followed by the notation, “Pending Completion of District Transfer.” The commissioned minister shall be a non-voting member of this district until completion of the transfer (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3100:1).

2. The sending district shall list the commissioned minister as having “Applied for District Transfer.” The commissioned minister shall remain a non-voting member of the sending district until completion of the transfer (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1083:3).

E. IN PROCESS OF DENOMINATIONAL TRANSFER.

Commissioned ministers or their equivalent from other denominations who have been granted recognition as commissioned ministers in process of transfer (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3104).

F. RETIRED COMMISSIONED MINISTERS

(2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3371)
Commissioned ministers retired because of age or incapacitated by infirmity, provided they were either on the appointed list, on reserve or on educational leave at the time of such incapacitation or retirement.