Index: Global Mission

342.3

The Global Nazarene Youth International (NYI) Council shall be composed of the chair, vice chair, youth members-at-large, and representation from each region as designated by the NYI Global Ministry Plan (810). The director of Nazarene Youth International shall serve ex-officio on the council. The council shall be responsible to the General Board through the Global Mission Committee, and general superintendent in jurisdiction for NYI, and shall conduct itself under the authority of the NYI Charter and the NYI Global Ministry Plan. The Global NYI Council members shall hold office until the conclusion of the next General Assembly, when their successors are elected and qualified.

342.4

The Global Nazarene Youth International (NYI) shall be represented on the General Board of the Church of the Nazarene by the Global NYI chair elected by the General Assembly from the nomination made by the Global NYI Council. (332.4, 333.3)

342.5

The Global Nazarene Youth International (NYI) shall be represented at the General Assembly by the global NYI chair at the close of his or her term (301).

343

The Global Council of the Global Nazarene Missions International (NMI) shall be composed of the global president, global director, and the number of members prescribed and elected in accordance with the Constitution of the Global NMI.

343.1

The Global Council shall be governed by the NMI Constitution. The Global Council shall report to the Global Mission Committee of the General Board. (811)

343.2

The global director shall be nominated by the Global Mission office director, in consultation with the general superintendent in jurisdiction for the Global Mission office, and shall be approved by a majority vote of the Global Council before being submitted to the Global Mission Committee for approval by a majority vote with the recommendation submitted for election by the Board of General Superintendents. In the event the nomination is not approved, the director of the Global Mission office and the Board of General Superintendents shall submit further nominations until one is approved by majority ballot vote of the Global Council. The global director shall be an ex-officio member of the Global Nazarene Missions International (NMI) Council and a member of the staff of the Global Mission office.

343.3

The Global Nazarene Missions International shall be represented on the General Board by one member elected by the General Assembly from nominations made by the Global Council of the Global Nazarene Missions International. (332.5, 333.4)

343.4

There shall be a Quadrennial Convention held under the direction of the Global Council of the Global Nazarene Missions International immediately preceding the regular meeting of the General Assembly. This convention shall elect the Global Council of the Global Nazarene Missions International in harmony with the Constitution. The convention shall elect a global president, who shall be a member ex-officio of the Global Council of the Global Nazarene Missions International. (811)

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

810.407

  1. The elected officers of the global NYI are a chair and a vice chair.
  2. Global NYI officers must be members of NYI and the Church of the Nazarene, be active in youth ministry, be leaders in personal example and ministry, and be members of the Global NYI Council.
  3. Global NYI officers serve without salary. Financing for the administrative expenses of global NYI officers is allocated as a part of NYI funds.
  4. A global NYI officer may serve in his/her position no more than one full term.