2016 Wesleyan Discipline: Compensation of ministers

286. It is obligatory upon ministers of the gospel to be faithful in the discharge of their pastoral and ministerial duties, and it is also obligatory upon the members to esteem ministers highly for their works’ sake, and to render them a righteous compensation for their labors. 782

(15) To recommend to the local church conference after a favorable vote has been received for a four-year renewal of the call, the renewal of the pastor’s call for an extended period (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:718:1a); or to recommend prior to the vote on the renewal of call, and after consultation with the pastor, a specific call for four years or, an extended call (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:718:1b); to review at least quadrennially with the district superintendent an extended call and by majority vote to reaffirm the call or recommend for the local church conference to vote on renewing the call (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:720:2); to meet, at the request of one-third of its members and under the district superintendent or a representative appointed by the district superintendent as chair, to consider the possibility of ordering a pastoral vote before the expiration of a renewed call, and to call for such a vote by majority vote (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:722:2).