331

The Church of the Nazarene, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Missouri, U.S.A. The General Board shall be composed of members who shall be elected by ballot by the General Assembly from among the persons nominated as provided in 332.1-333.4. To be elected a member of the General Board as a representative of a church region, one must be a resident on that region as well as a member of a local church on that region. (305.6, 334)

331.1

No one shall be eligible for election to the General Board or shall remain a member of the General Board who is an employee of the Church of the Nazarene, Inc., or entities including educational institutions that receive financial subsidy from the Church of the Nazarene, Inc. Individuals from districts or other entities receiving operating funds from the general church are likewise ineligible.

331.2

The general secretary shall be ex-officio secretary of the Church of the Nazarene, Inc., and the General Board.

331.3

The general treasurer shall be ex-officio treasurer of the Church of the Nazarene, Inc., and the General Board and also of the departments of the Church of the Nazarene, Inc. (330.2)

332

Nominations for the General Board shall be made as herein provided:

332.1

After the delegates to the General Assembly have been elected, each Phase 3 district delegation shall meet to select candidates for nomination to the General Board in the following manner. Each Phase 3 district may present names of two assigned ordained ministers and two laypersons. The multicultural composition of the nominating district should be considered in selecting names for nomination. For such regions that have a Regional Advisory Council, the names of these candidates shall be sent first to the national board and then to the Regional Advisory Council, which may reduce the number of names to three for each member that the caucus needs to vote on, after which the names shall be sent immediately to the office of the general secretary to be placed on ballots for presentation to the General Assembly delegates from each region. (203.23)

332.2

From the list of these candidates, the General Assembly delegates from each region shall nominate to the General Assembly as follows:

Each region of 100,000 or fewer full members shall nominate one assigned ordained minister and one layperson; each region exceeding 100,000 and up to 200,000 full members shall nominate two assigned ordained ministers, one district superintendent and one pastor or evangelist, and two laypersons; and one additional layperson and one additional assigned ordained minister for regions exceeding 200,000 full members, with the following provisions:

On those regions whose membership is in excess of 200,000 full members, one assigned ordained minister shall be a pastor or evangelist; another shall be a district superintendent; and the other assigned ordained minister may be in either category.

No district shall be entitled to more than two members on the General Board, and no region shall be entitled to more than six members (with the exception of institutional representatives and members of Nazarene Missions International {NMI} and Nazarene Youth International {NYI}). Whenever more than two candidates from a district receive a higher number of votes than candidates from other districts on the region, those on another district receiving the next highest number of votes shall be selected as nominees from the region. (305.6, 901.1)

In each region the layperson(s), the pastor or evangelist, and/or the district superintendent who receive the highest number of votes in their respective classifications shall be nominated by majority vote to the General Assembly. In the instance of the larger regions where six members are to be elected, the layperson and the assigned ordained minister who receive the next highest number of votes shall be the additional nominees.

If a Regional Advisory Council determines that it is likely that a majority of elected delegates will be prevented from attending the General Assembly, the regional caucus voting may be conducted via postal or electronic means within six months prior to the start of General Assembly. The specific process by which this postal or electronic nomination of General Board members to the General Assembly occurs shall be proposed by the Regional Advisory Council and submitted to the General Secretary’s office for approval prior to implementation.

332.3

The International Board of Education (IBOE) shall nominate to the General Assembly four persons from the educational institutions, two assigned ordained ministers and two laypersons. The General Assembly will elect two representatives, one assigned ordained minister and one layperson for the General Board. (331.1)

332.4

The Global Council of the Nazarene Youth International (NYI) shall nominate to the General Assembly the newly elected Global NYI chair. In the event that the newly elected Global NYI chair cannot serve the General Board, the Global NYI Council will nominate one member from the Global NYI Council. (342.4)

332.5

The Global Council of the Nazarene Missions International (NMI) shall nominate to the General Assembly one member of the Global NMI Council. The General Assembly shall elect one representative for the General Board. (343.3)