The Manual

¶516   ROLE OF THE ZONE LEADER Zone leaders are mature pastors who willingly and sacrificially work as team members with the Superintendent to oversee the ministry of the Free Methodist Church in Sri Lanka. They are elected to a three-year term by their zone caucus during the meeting of the […]

¶515   ROLE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT The superintendent is elected to serve the church as an overseer.  This ordained minister functions as a teacher and defender of the faith, a general shepherd, a pastor to the pastors, and an administrator who by good example and faithful application of The Manual assures

¶514    NOMINATING COMMITTEE The mission district shall elect a nominating committee (normally a minister and a layperson from different churches in each zone) who are not members of another standing board/committee of the mission district elected to a three year term.  The superintendent shall be an ex officio member of

2.  AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS 2.1 The committee shall assist the superintendent in the recruiting, interviewing, screening and evaluation of ministerial candidates in each zone.  Candidates for ministerial candidacy shall be screened at the time of the teaching of the “Heart of Free Methodism” course.Ministerial candidates applying for ordination shall be

¶513 MINISTERIAL EDUCATION GUIDANCE AND PLACEMENT (MEGAP) COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP The mission district shall elect a national MEGaP committee composed of the following: the superintendent, an ordained minister and a lay person from each zone. The bishop and the superintendent shall receive notification of all MEGaP meetings and minutes. The superintendent

3. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION The officers of the Board of Administration are the superintendent (chair), vice-chair, secretary, and treasurer.  When employees of the mission district participate in meetings of the board of administration, they do so without a vote.

2.  AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS 2.1 The board shall have general organizational, promotional and supervisory powers over all activities of the Free Methodist Church.  The board members who are trustees of the Trust (by virtue of their offices) have supervisory powers over all property of the Trust (movable and immovable) and

MEMBERSHIP The membership of the board of administration shall be constituted as follows – the superintendent, two ordained ministers and two lay people. The bishop shall receive notification of all board of administration meetings and minutes and shall be entitled to be present and participate fully without vote in all

¶511     MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE MISSION DISTRICT The membership of the mission district of The Free Methodist Church in <<insert name of country>> shall consist of the bishop (or his designate) who shall chair the annual meeting, the superintendent, the pastor(s) and a lay delegate(s) elected by each of

¶ 510 THE MISSION DISTRICT When, in the judgment of the bishop and the director of global ministries, a church in formation reaches the following minimum developmental markers, it may be organized as a mission district. Board of Administration formed and functioning At least two organized churches At least one