From gifts and offerings designated for the World Evangelism Fund and general interests.
Index: finances
155.2
From special offerings such as Easter and Thanksgiving.
155.3
No part of the above funds shall be used for local or district expense or charitable purposes.
156
It shall not be lawful for a local church, its officers, or members, to send appeals to other local churches, their officers, and members, to solicit money or financial assistance for their local church needs or for the interests that they may support. It is provided, however, that such solicitation may be made to local churches and church members located within the bounds of the assembly district in which the solicitor is located, but only on condition that the solicitation be approved in writing by the district superintendent and the District Advisory Board.
157
Members of the Church of the Nazarene who are not authorized by the General Board or one of its committees shall not solicit funds for missionary or kindred activities apart from the World Evangelism Fund, from congregations of local churches, or from members of such churches.
214
The district superintendent shall not create financial obligations, count moneys, or disburse funds for the district unless authorized and directed by majority vote of the District Advisory Board; such action, if taken, must be duly recorded in the minutes of the District Advisory Board. No district superintendent or any member of his or her immediate family shall be authorized to sign checks on any district account except upon the written approval of the District Advisory Board and the district assembly. Immediate family shall include spouse, children, siblings, or parents. (215, 219–220.2)
222.16
To act, in consultation with the district superintendent, as a finance committee between assemblies with authority to adjust operational budgets as deemed necessary and report the same to the district assembly. (220.1)
235.2
To do whatever else the district assembly may direct in areas of district finance. (203.21)
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.
329.2
The general treasurer shall be amenable to the general superintendent in jurisdiction for the Global Ministry Center Financial office, Board of General Superintendents, and General Board.