2016 Wesleyan Discipline: 3059:4

(4) Regulations for a Commissioned Minister.

(a) A commissioned minister is amenable to the district where membership is held, and may be deposed from the ministry and ordered to surrender credentials by judicial process as set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:5206–5212.

(b) A commissioned minister’s credentials shall consist of the commission certificate (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:6280) and an annual pocket certificate of standing, issued and signed by the district secretary (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:6430).

(c) A commissioned minister who fails to file the annual service report (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1402) for two successive years, shall be notified by the district board of ministerial development, and requested to report at the next session of the district conference. One who then fails to report shall be declared withdrawn from the district, and this person’s name shall be so entered upon the minutes of the district conference.

(d) When a commissioned minister surrenders the commission certificate after acknowledging guilt for an offense (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3059:3d), or is ordered to surrender it after due judicial process (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:5212:4), it shall be lawful to publish such fact in the official church publication.