No general superintendent shall be a voting member of any board of the Church of the Nazarene, other than the Board of General Superintendents, unless provided for by the bylaws of said boards. (307.12)
Section: General Government
307.12
A general superintendent shall hold no other general office in the church while serving as general superintendent. (307.11)
307.13
All official acts of the general superintendents shall be subject to review and revision by the General Assembly.
307.14
Any official act of a general superintendent may be nullified by a unanimous vote of the remaining members of the Board of General Superintendents.
307.15
The office of any general superintendent may be declared vacant, for cause, by the unanimous vote of the remaining members of the Board of General Superintendents, supported by a two-thirds vote of the General Board.
307.16
The general superintendents, elected by the General Assembly, shall serve until 30 days following the final adjournment of the next General Assembly and until their successors are elected and qualified. (305.2)
314
All emeriti and retired general superintendents shall be members ex-officio of the General Assembly. (301)
314.1
A general superintendent who has been placed in retired status, or voted emerita/emeritus honor, shall not be a member of the Board of General Superintendents. However, in the event that an active general superintendent should be incapacitated by illness, hospitalization, or other unavoidable emergency necessitating absence from any assignment, the Board of General Superintendents is empowered to call into temporary assignment any retired general superintendent. (305.3–305.5, 900.1)
315
The general superintendents shall organize as a board and arrange for and assign to the members work over which they shall have special jurisdiction.
316
Vacancy. If a vacancy occurs in the Board of General Superintendents, in the interim of sessions of the General Assembly, the question of calling for an election to fill the vacancy shall be decided by the Board of General Superintendents. Upon receipt of the board’s decision, the general secretary shall notify all members of the General Board. When an election is called for, the members of the General Board shall elect, by a two-thirds vote, an elder of the Church of the Nazarene to fill the vacancy and to perform the duties of the general superintendent until 30 days following the final adjournment of the next General Assembly, and until a successor is elected and qualified. (25.5, 305.2)