To elect a District Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) Board in harmony with the procedure stated in 238, to serve until their successors are elected and qualified. (204.1, 212)
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204
Other Rules Pertaining to the District Assemblies. The district assembly may authorize, where civil law permits, the District Advisory Board to incorporate. After incorporation as above provided, the District Advisory Board shall have power, on its own resolution, to purchase, own, sell, exchange, mortgage, deed in trust, hypothecate, lease, and convey any property, real and personal, as may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of the corporation. (222.5)
204.2
The district superintendents of Phase 1 and Phase 2 districts shall be chosen in accordance with paragraph 200.2. A Phase 2 district may revert to Phase 1 district status until such time as it can meet the requirements for Phase 2 status.
207
If for any cause a vacancy shall occur in the interim of sessions of the district assembly, the general superintendents, jointly and severally, may fill the vacancy upon consultation with the District Advisory Committee (DAC). Consultation shall include an invitation for the committee, as a whole, to submit names for consideration in addition to those names brought forward by the general superintendent in jurisdiction. (236, 307.8)
207.1
The office of a Phase 1 or Phase 2 district superintendent may be declared vacant with cause upon the recommendation of the general superintendent having jurisdiction. The office of district superintendent in a Phase 3 district may be declared vacant upon a two-thirds vote of the District Advisory Committee. (236, 321)
207.2
In the event of temporary incapacitation of an incumbent district superintendent, the general superintendent having jurisdiction, in consultation with the District Advisory Board, may appoint a qualified elder to serve as interim district superintendent. The question of incapacitation shall be determined by the general superintendent in jurisdiction and the District Advisory Board. (307.8)
207.3
Upon the resignation or termination of the district superintendent, the staff members of the district office, the chief executive officer or any subsidiary and/or affiliated corporations of the district, paid and unpaid, such as assistant superintendent and office secretary, shall submit their resignations effective concurrently with the final date of the district superintendency. However, one or more of the staff members may remain with the written approval of the general superintendent in jurisdiction and the District Advisory Board, but not longer than the date of the new superintendent’s assumption of duties. (242.3)
207.4
After consultation with the District Advisory Board and the approval of the general superintendent in jurisdiction, the newly elected or appointed district superintendent may have the privilege of recommending the employment of staff members previously employed. (242.3)
212
The district superintendent may fill vacancies in the following committees:
- District Assembly Finance Committee (203.21);
- District Auditing Committee (203.25);
- District Ministerial Credentials Board (226.1);
- District Ministerial Studies Board (229.1);
- District Evangelism Board or the district director of evangelism (232);
- District Church Properties Board (233);
- District Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) Board (238);
- District Court of Appeals (609);
- Other district boards and standing committees where such are not provided in the Manual or by assembly action.
213.1
The district superintendent shall be a member ex-officio of all elected and standing boards and committees on the district he or she serves. (203.20–203.21, 234, 238, 810, 811)