Decision Number 378

Decision

Ministers in an Annual Conference serve under appointment. The meaning of the phrase "served by more than one minister" as used in Paragraph 36 of the 1972 Discipline is not different from what the meaning would be if the phrase "to which more than one minister is appointed" were used. Therefore a local church is entitled to elect as many lay members to its Annual Conference as there are ministerial members of that Annual Conference appointed to serve that local church.