Index: Adult Ministries director

147.9

To submit a quarterly calendar of his or her agegroup activities to the Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) Board to be coordinated with the total SDMI of the local church.

149

Adult Ministries Council. The Adult Ministries (AM) Council shall be responsible for planning the total Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) for adults in the local church. The AM Council is composed of at least one Sunday School/Bible studies/small groups representative and the directors of any other ministry being offered in the local church, such as: marriage and family life, senior adult ministries, single adult ministries, lay ministries, women’s ministries, men’s ministries, and any others deemed necessary. The council size will vary with the number of ministries being offered to adults in the local church as needs are identified and leadership is available.

The duties of the Adult Ministries director are:

238.1

To meet within one week following their election and to organize by electing a secretary, treasurer, district directors of Adult Ministries, Children’s Ministries, and Continuing Lay Training, who then shall become ex-officio members of the Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) Board. Other district directors, as deemed necessary, may be nominated by the Executive Committee and elected by the board.

238.4

To elect an Adult Ministries Council1 whose chairperson shall be the district director of Adult Ministries and whose members shall be the district directors of: marriage and family life, senior adult ministries, single adult ministries, lay retreat, small-group Bible studies, women’s ministries, men’s ministries, and any others deemed necessary.

1. For additional information concerning the duties of Children’s and Adult Ministries Councils, see the SDMI Handbook.

238.7

To encourage all local Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) superintendents and age-group ministries directors/Nazarene Youth International presidents to be present in the District SDMI Convention and take part as opportunity affords.

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