2016 Wesleyan Discipline: 880:5

(5) To recommend to the local board of administration for the consideration of the local church conference the appointment and/or the employment of a minister or director of spiritual formation, and to advise the pastor and the local board of administration in defining all duties. Such a person must be a member who meets the leadership qualifications (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:260–268; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:558) of the local church appointing and/or employing the person (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:738–744).