2016 Wesleyan Discipline: Property, Local Church: Circuit

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(5) To determine all matters involving two or more of the churches on the circuit, including the authorization of transactions involved in the purchase, erection, encumbrance, sale or other disposition of a circuit parsonage or other property (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4740–4750).

532. Circuit Trustees. The circuit board of trustees shall consist of three to five members elected by the circuit conference. They shall organize themselves and carry on their work under the direction of the circuit advisory council in the same manner as the board of trustees for a local church (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:850-859), except that they shall have jurisdiction only over that property owned by the circuit, such as the circuit parsonage (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4740–4750).

C. Circuit Property

4740. The organization and government for a circuit within an established district are set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:525–535. The regulations concerning the acquisition, purchase, sale, encumbrance, transfer or other disposition of circuit property within an established district shall be the same as for local church property within the district as set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4680 and 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4700:1–5. The proceeds from the sale of circuit property shall also be disposed of in the same manner as the proceeds from the sale of local church property as set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4720–4730. The circuit board of trustees shall carry such duties concerning circuit property as are required of a local church board of trustees (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:850–859) and shall be subject to the general regulations as set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4500–4630.

4750. Whenever the discontinuance of a circuit shall be ordered by the district conference, or whenever a local church is separated from a circuit and established as a separate pastoral charge (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1180:25), the district conference shall also order the sale or disposition of circuit property, for which a recommendation shall be received from the district board of administration (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1233:10c). Each local church shall be entitled to receive its just share of the property in which it has invested funds; and the amount of such value and just share shall be determined by the district board of administration or a special committee appointed for that purpose.