The General Assembly shall elect five assigned ordained ministers to serve as members of the General Court of Appeals during each ensuing quadrennium, or until their successors are elected and qualified. This court shall have jurisdiction as follows:
Index: powers
615.5
A minister or layperson shall not be required to answer charges for any act that occurred more than five years before the filing of such charges, and no evidence will be considered at any hearing for any matter that occurred more than five years before the charges were filed. Provided, however, that if the person aggrieved by any such act was under the age of 18 or found to be mentally incompetent of making an accusation or filing a charge, such five-year limitation periods would not begin to run until the aggrieved person reached age 18 or became mentally competent. In the case of the sexual abuse of a child, no time limit shall apply.
If a minister is convicted of a felony by a court of competent jurisdiction, he or she shall surrender his or her credential to the district superintendent. At the request of such minister, and if the Board of Discipline has not previously been involved, the District Advisory Board shall investigate the circumstances of the conviction and may restore the credential if it deems appropriate.
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Official district forms may be secured from the General Secretary, 17001 Prairie Star Parkway, Lenexa, KS 66220, U.S.A.
902.7
(From the 2013 General Assembly Rules of Order)
Resolutions and Petitions
Rule 26. Presenting Resolutions to the General Assembly. District assemblies, a committee authorized by the district assembly, regional councils, the General Board or any of its recognized departments, official boards or commissions of the general church, the Global Nazarene Missions International Convention, the Global Nazarene Youth International Convention, or five or more members of the General Assembly, may present resolutions and petitions for the consideration of the General Assembly in accordance with the following rules:
a. Resolutions and petitions shall be printed or typewritten on the official form furnished by the general secretary.
b. Each resolution or petition presented will include the subject and the name of the delegates or group making the presentation.
c. All resolutions that call for action that requires expenditures must include an estimated cost to complete the action.
d. Proposals for changes in the church Manual must be presented in writing and shall give paragraph and section of Manual to be affected and the text of the change, should it be adopted.
e. They shall be presented to the general secretary no later than December 1 prior to the convening of the assembly to be numbered and sent to the Reference Committee for reference in accordance with Rule 38 and Manual 305.1.
f. Any resolutions which are non-Manual items must indicate which entity has responsibility to enact legislation.
Rule 27. Resolutions and Petitions for Late Reference. Resolutions, petitions, and other items may be presented to the general secretary for reference to a legislative committee no later than June 1. Resolutions from global conventions which meet just prior to the General Assembly, will be processed for consideration.
Rule 28. Manual Changes. Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly shall be submitted to the Manual Editing Committee to be harmonized with other Manual provisions.
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The church board, together with the pastor, shall follow plans adopted by the General Assembly and agreed to by the district assembly for raising World Evangelism Fund and District Ministries Fund apportionments made to the local church, and shall raise and regularly pay these apportionments. (317.11, 335.7)
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