To promote programs of growth in enrollment, attendance, and leadership training.
Index: Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI)
146.4
To preside over the regular meetings of the Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) Board, or the Education Committee of the church board, and to lead the SDMI Board in performing its duties.
146.5
To submit an annual budget for Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) to the church board.
146.6
To make a monthly report to the church board and to submit a written report to the annual church meeting.
147
Children’s Ministries (CM)/Adult Ministries (AM) Councils and Directors. The work of Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) is best organized by age-groups: children, youth, and adults. For each age-group there should be a council responsible to organize and administer the work. Such council is composed of the age-group director and representatives from the Sunday School/Bible studies/small groups and other ministries the church provides for that age-group. The task of the council is to work with the age-group director to plan ministries for that age-group, and to make provisions for the implementation of those plans. All work of the CM and AM councils is subject to approval of its director and the SDMI Board.
The duties of the age-group directors are:
147.1
To chair the age-group council that he or she directs and to lead the council in organizing, promoting, and coordinating the total Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) for persons within that age-group.
147.2
To give leadership to the appropriate age-group of the Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) by promoting programs of growth in enrollment and attendance for children, youth, or adults in the local church, in cooperation with the SDMI Board.
147.3
To give leadership for additional Sunday, childcare/ schools (birth through secondary), annual and special ministries, evangelism and fellowship activities for the age-group he or she represents.
147.4
To nominate to the Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) Board the leadership for the various ministries assigned to his or her age-group, including Sunday School/Bible studies/small groups supervisors, teachers, and officers, with exception of Nazarene Youth International (NYI) who will nominate youth Sunday School/Bible studies/small groups supervisors, teachers, and officers (34). The nominees shall be approved by the pastor and the SDMI superintendent.
147.5
To obtain the approval of the Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) Board before using supplemental curriculum.