Index: delegates

238.5

To arrange for an annual district Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) convention. (238)

301

The General Assembly shall be composed of ministerial and lay delegates in equal numbers from each Phase 3 district, the district superintendent serving as one of the assigned ordained ministerial delegates, remaining assigned ordained ministerial delegates and all lay delegates elected by district assemblies; general superintendents emeriti and retired; general superintendents; Global Nazarene Missions International president; Global Nazarene Youth International chair; Church of the Nazarene, Inc. officers and directors who report to the plenary of the General Board; one-half of the regional International Board of Education school presidents from each region will be voting members, and the other one-half will be non-voting members, with the number and selection process determined by the International Board of Education; Nazarene Publishing House president; Pensions and Benefits International director; Stewardship Ministries global director; Church of the Nazarene Foundation president; Research Services global director; and one General Board-commissioned missionary delegate per region elected by the assigned contracted missionaries serving in that region. In the absence of such election the missionary representative shall be elected by the Global Mission Committee.

301.1

Each Phase 3 district shall be entitled to representation in the General Assembly by: one assigned ordained minister and one layperson for the first 4,000 or fewer full church members, and one additional assigned ordained minister and one additional layperson for the next 4,000 full members, and for each successive additional 4,000 full members. “Assigned ordained minister” shall include elders and deacons. (See chart below.)

Number of Full Members Number of Delegates
0–4,000 2 (1 lay, 1 ministerial)
4,001–8,000 4 (2 lay, 2 ministerial)
8,001–12,000 6 (3 lay, 3 ministerial)
12,001–16,000 8 (4 lay, 4 ministerial)
16,001–20,000 10 (5 lay, 5 ministerial)
20,001–24,000 12 (6 lay, 6 ministerial)
24,001–28,000 14 (7 lay, 7 ministerial)
28,001–32,000 16 (8 lay, 8 ministerial)
32,001–36,000 18 (9 lay, 9 ministerial)

Etc.

301.2

Each Phase 2 district shall be entitled to one assigned ordained minister and one layperson delegate to the General Assembly. The assigned ordained ministerial delegate shall be the district superintendent. An alternate will be elected for each delegate.

301.3

A Phase 1 district shall be entitled to one non-voting delegate to the General Assembly. The district superintendent shall be the delegate, providing he or she holds his or her membership on the district. If the district superintendent does not hold his or her membership on the district, an alternate who is a member of the district will be elected.

301.4

The right of an assigned ministerial delegate-elect to the General Assembly to represent the district assembly electing him or her shall be vacated in case he or she shall move to a new ministerial assignment on another district, or if the delegate-elect shall leave the active, assigned ministry of the Church of the Nazarene prior to the convening of the General Assembly. Any minister who has been granted official retirement status by a district would be ineligible to be nominated as a delegate or a delegate-elect to the General Assembly.

301.5

The right of a lay delegate-elect to the General Assembly to represent the district assembly electing him or her shall be vacated in case he or she shall remove his or her church membership to some local church on another district prior to the convening of the General Assembly.

342.1

There shall be a quadrennial Global Nazarene Youth International (NYI) Convention which shall meet at a time set by the Board of General Superintendents, in consultation with the Global Council of Nazarene Youth International. The quadrennial convention shall be composed of members as are designated in the NYI Global Ministry Plan (810).

810

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.”1 Timothy 4:12

810.219

  1. The annual District NYI Convention provides for inspirational sessions and programs to advance youth ministry across the district. Reports are received, leadership is elected, and any legislative business pertaining to the work of NYI is transacted at the Convention. Delegates to the Global NYI Convention are also elected consistent with the NYI Global Ministry Plan.
  2. The District NYI Council arranges for and oversees the District NYI Convention, in cooperation with the district superintendent. The Convention convenes at a time and place designated by the District NYI Council, with the approval of the district superintendent and within ninety days of the District Assembly.
  3. The District NYI Convention is composed of the members of the District NYI Council, the district superintendent, local pastors, other assigned ordained ministers of the district who participate in NYI ministry, and local NYI delegates.
  4. All local NYI delegates to the District NYI Convention must be members of the Church of the Nazarene that they represent.
  5. The number of local NYI delegates for each church is determined by the membership figures on the most recent local Pastor’s Report prior to the District Assembly. District NYI leadership encourages local churches to make suitable arrangements for the expenses of delegates attending the District NYI Convention.
  6. The local NYI delegation to the District NYI Convention for churches with 30 or fewer NYI members consists of:
    1. The pastor and youth pastor or any full-time paid pastoral staff who participate in NYI ministry;
    2. The newly-elected local NYI president;
    3. Up to four elected delegates, with at least half being within the district-established NYI ministry focus.
    4. Local churches may add an additional delegate for each successive 30 local NYI members and/or final major part of those 30 members (i.e., 16–29 members). At least half of any additional delegates must be also within the district-established NYI ministry focus.
  7. The pastor of any local church or director of an approved Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Center not having an organized NYI may appoint one delegate.
    Number of members Number delegates1
    5–45 4
    46–75 5
    76–105 6
    106–135 7
    136–165 8
    166–195 9
    196–225 10
    226–255 11

    1. Number of elected delegates from a local NYI does not include ex officio delegates (NYI president, pastor, youth pastor, District NYI Council members from a local church, etc.).