Index: president

153.2

The president of the local Nazarene Missions International (NMI) shall be nominated by a committee of three to seven members of the NMI appointed by the pastor, who shall serve as chairperson. This committee shall submit one or more names for the office of president subject to the approval of the church board. The president shall be elected by a majority vote by ballot of the members (excluding associate) present and voting. The president shall be a member of the local church whose NMI is served, a member ex-officio of the church board (or in churches where the president is the pastor’s spouse, the vice president may serve on the church board), and a member of the district assembly held immediately prior to his or her year of office. The president shall present a report to the annual meeting of the local church. (113.9, 114, 123, 127, 201)

201

Membership. The district assembly shall be composed of all assigned elders (532–532.3, 533–533.1, 536.9); all assigned deacons (531–531.4, 536.9); all assigned licensed ministers (530.8); all retired assigned ministers (534–534.1); the district secretary (216.2); the district treasurer (219.2); chairpersons of standing district committees reporting to the district assembly; any lay presidents of Nazarene institutions of higher education, whose local church membership is on the district; the District Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) chairperson (239.2); the district age-group ministries international directors (children and adult); the District SDMI Board; the president of the District Nazarene Youth International (NYI) (240.4); the president of the District Nazarene Missions International (NMI) (241.2); the newly elected superintendent or vice superintendent of each local SDMI Board (146); the newly elected president or vice president of each local NYI (151); the newly elected president or vice president of each local NMI (153.2); or an appropriately elected alternate may represent the NMI, NYI, and SDMI organizations in the district assembly; those serving in assigned roles of ministry according to 503–526.1; the lay members of the District Advisory Board (221.4); lay career missionaries whose local church membership is on the district; all retired assigned lay career missionaries whose local church membership is on the district; and the lay delegates from each local church and church-type mission in the assembly district. (24, 113.14–113.15, 201.1–201.2)

203.13

In case the general superintendent and the District Advisory Committee (DAC), shall be of the opinion that the services of the district superintendent should not continue beyond the current year, the general superintendent having jurisdiction and the DAC may order the question submitted for a vote of the district assembly. The question shall be submitted in the following form: “Shall the present district superintendent be continued in office beyond this district assembly?”

If the district assembly, by a two-thirds vote by ballot, decides to continue the district superintendent in office, he or she shall continue to serve as though such vote had not been taken.

If, however, the district assembly fails to decide by such vote to continue the district superintendent in office, his or her term of office shall terminate 30–180 days following the close of that district assembly, with the date to be determined by the general superintendent in jurisdiction in consultation with the DAC. (204.2, 206, 236)

240.3

The District Nazarene Youth International (NYI) Council shall be composed of the president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, youth representatives and ministry directors as deemed necessary, and the district superintendent. District NYI officers and council members are elected by the annual District NYI Convention according to the NYI District Ministry Plan, and shall serve without salary. Nominees shall be approved by the district superintendent. Should the terms used to describe officers not effectively communicate in a particular culture, more appropriate titles may be used by vote of the District NYI Council.

240.4

The duties of the district Nazarene Youth International (NYI) president are:

  1. To give direction and leadership to the district NYI;
  2. To chair the District NYI Council in facilitating the development of youth ministry on the district;
  3. To preside at the annual District NYI Convention;
  4. To represent the interests of the district NYI on appropriate district boards and committees, and;
  5. To encourage the development of NYI ministry in local churches on the district.

The district NYI president shall report to the district superintendent and District Advisory Board, and annually to the district assembly. The district NYI president shall be a member ex-officio of the district assembly (201).

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.

317.5

Declare vacant by a two-thirds vote the office of general secretary, general treasurer, Nazarene Publishing House president, or department director.

335.16

The General Board shall elect a Nazarene Publishing House president in the manner prescribed by 335.19 and General Board Bylaws.

335.20

Executives’ Salaries. The General Board shall establish and document a “performance evaluation” and salary administration program that includes the department director and ministry/service directors and provides for a salary structure that recognizes both levels of responsibility and merit. The General Board shall annually review and approve the salaries of department directors, the Nazarene Publishing House president, and other officers as may be authorized and elected by the General Board.

338

The Nazarene Publishing House (NPH), a corporation of Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A., shall have a Board of Directors composed of nine members: president of the Nazarene Publishing House, who shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; general secretary, who shall be the ex-officio secretary of the corporation; one General Board member selected by the General Board Executive Committee; and six members-at-large, nominated by the Board of General Superintendents and elected by the General Board. They shall hold office until the final adjournment of the next General Assembly and until their successors are elected and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by majority vote of the remaining members from nominations made by the Board of General Superintendents.