The Manual

¶516 ROLE OF THE ZONE LEADER

¶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 […]

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¶514 NOMINATING COMMITTEE

¶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

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¶513 MINISTERIAL EDUCATION GUIDANCE AND PLACEMENT (MEGAP) COMMITTEE: AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS

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

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¶513 MINISTERIAL EDUCATION GUIDANCE AND PLACEMENT (MEGAP) COMMITTEE

¶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

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¶510 THE MISSION DISTRICT

¶ 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

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