2016 Wesleyan Discipline: District, Developing

B. Developing District

1003. Purpose. New work, or other work which does not meet the requirements for a provisional district (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1025), shall be provided for by establishing a developing district.

1006. Authorization. The establishment of a developing district may be authorized by the General Conference (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1590:11), upon recommendation of the General Board, or, in the interim of General Conference sessions, by the General Board. The authorizing act shall define the boundaries and assign an official name to the developing district. Any proposed boundaries that will alter the bounds of an established district in the interim of General Conference sessions must have the approval of such a district and shall be effected as required in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1060-1065 (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1655:34).

1009. Jurisdiction. A developing district shall be under the jurisdiction of the Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division and shall be organized and administered by the Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship in accord with The Discipline, the Policy of the General Board for the Church Multiplication and Discipleship Division, and other directives from the General Board or its Executive Board (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1655:27). The Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship shall be responsible for developing the work as rapidly as possible, in harmony with the missionary objectives of The Wesleyan Church (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2306), to the status of a provisional district (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1025).

1012. Organization. The superintendent, other officers, and assigned workers shall be appointed by and the granting of ordination and commissioning and issuing of licenses shall be approved by the General Superintendent, for which recommendations shall be submitted by the Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship.

1015. General Conference Representation. The developing district shall be represented in the General Conference by the Executive Director of Church Multiplication and Discipleship, and by the superintendent of the developing district as a nonvoting member (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1503:2).