2016 Wesleyan Discipline: Philippines
35. The original purpose of the founders of The Pilgrim Holiness Church to promote worldwide holiness evangelism remained an indelible characteristic. Missionary work was carried on in many lands, and The Pilgrim Holiness Church extended beyond the United States and Canada to the following places: South Africa, including Natal, Transvaal, Cape Province, and Orange Free State; Swaziland; Mozambique; Zambia; the Caribbean area, including Grand Cayman, Jamaica, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Saba, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, and Curacao; Guyana; Suriname; Brazil; Peru; Mexico; Philippine Islands; and England. 65. During the following quadrennium two provisional general conferences, one step short of full status, were formed. The Caribbean Provisional General Conference was organized April 3, 1974, and the Provisional General Conference of the Philippines was organized April 22–23, 1975. The 1984 General Conference incorporated the Essentials in the Charter as an historic statement of faith with which all disciplines must agree. On June 20, 1988, the General Conference approved the elevation of The Wesleyan Church of the Philippines to full standing equivalent to that of the North American General Conference, providing for the formation of the International Board of Review. On June 21, 2004, the North American General Conference approved the elevation of The Wesleyan Holiness Church of the Caribbean to full General Conference standing. This coincided with the restructuring of The Wesleyan World Fellowship as The International Conference of The Wesleyan Church. 80. The following are the official names of the various units of The Wesleyan Church. Included are those whose adaptation of the name have been approved in keeping with the provisions of 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:205 and 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:340:2. These are printed for information only. Changes may be authorized when necessary by the General Board (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:340:2; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1655:32).
| Australia: The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia |
| Bougainville: The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Bougainville |
| Brazil: Igreja Evangelica Wesleyana |
| British Isles: The Wesleyan Holiness Church |
| Caribbean: (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2565) The Wesleyan Holiness Church of the Caribbean |
| Chile: Ministerio Evangelistico y Misionero “Cristo es la Unica Respuesta” |
| Colombia: La Iglesia Wesleyana de Colombia |
| Costa Rica: Iglesia Wesleyana Internacional de Costa Rica |
| Egypt: The Standard Wesleyan Church |
| Ghana: Wesleyan Church Ghana |
| Guyana: The Wesleyan Church |
| Haiti: L’Eglise Wesleyenne d’Haiti |
| Honduras: Mision Methodista Sión |
| India, Central: The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Central India |
| India, East: The Wesleyan Methodist Church of East India |
| India, Western: The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Western India |
| Indonesia: Yayasan Gereja Wesleyan Indonesia |
| Liberia: The Wesleyan Church of Liberia |
| Mexico: Iglesia Evangélica de los Peregrinos |
| Mozambique: Igreja Emmanuel Evangelica Wesleyana |
| Myanmar: The Wesleyan Methodist Church |
| New Zealand: Wesleyan Methodist Church of New Zealand |
| Nicaragua: Asociación Mundial de Iglesias Wesleyanas de Nicaragua |
| Pakistan: The Wesleyan Church—Pakistan |
| Peru: Iglesia Wesleyana Peregrina |
| Philippines (cf. 2560): The Wesleyan Church of the Philippines |
| Puerto Rico: Iglesia Evangélica Wesleyana |
| Sierra Leone: The Wesleyan Church of Sierra Leone |
| South Africa: The Wesleyan Church of Southern Africa |
| South Korea: Jesus Korea Wesleyan Church |
| South Pacific: The South Pacific Conference of The Wesleyan Methodist Church |
| Suriname: De Wesleyaanse Gemeente |
| Swaziland: Emmanuel Wesleyan Church of Swaziland |
| United States and Canada: The Wesleyan Church |
| Venezuela: Iglesia Evangélica Wesleyana |
| Zambia: Pilgrim Wesleyan Church of Zambia |
| Zimbabwe: The Wesleyan Church |
2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2485 2560. The General Conference of The Wesleyan Church of the Philippines shall be composed of all developing districts, provisional districts, and established districts in the Philippines and Indonesia and such other units as it shall receive.
- (2) Membership. Membership of the International Board shall be comprised of seven persons, consisting of one general superintendent from each General Conference (one of whom shall be elected as chair and another as vice- chair of the International Board and the International Conference), a treasurer (who shall be the General Director of Global Partners), a secretary, and two members-at-large to be elected by the International Conference from among any of its members who do not reside in the North American, Philippines, or the Caribbean General Conference.