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For your information and clarification regarding
Delegates to District Conference please see the following.
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MANUAL OF
THE CHRISTIAN AND
MISSIONARY ALLIANCE
2007 Edition (updated 03/06/08)
UNIFORM CONSTITUTION FOR DISTRICTS OF
THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE
Page A4-1
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT
Page A4-2
Section 1. District Conference. . .This
district shall hold a District Conference each year and there shall be two types
of delegates to the District Conference: “accredited delegates” and
“corresponding delegates.” Accredited delegates shall be entitled to vote. In
non-General Council years, the District Conference shall be held during the
first six months of the year, and the agenda shall include elections, an
evaluation of the progress of the district ministry, and other related matters
as stated in the district bylaws or required by state law. In the alternate
years, the conference shall be held at a time and in a format to be determined
by the District Executive Committee or as stated in the district bylaws, and in
conformity with the requirements of state law.
a. Accredited Delegates. Those eligible to be accredited delegates to the
District Conference shall be limited to the following individuals:
(1) All persons holding official worker licenses
in this district and other officers of this district.
(2) All evangelists residing in this district licensed by the Board of
Directors.
(3) Lay delegates as follows:
(a) The church shall appoint and certify lay
delegates as specified in the local church bylaws.
(b) Each accredited church of The Christian and Missionary Alliance shall be
entitled to send its pastor and two lay delegates. If the voting membership (as
reported in the last annual report of the church) is 150 or more, another lay
delegate may be sent for each additional 100 voting members or fraction thereof.
(c) Each affiliated church of The Christian and Missionary Alliance shall
appoint and certify one lay delegate as specified in the local church bylaws.
(4) Members or representatives of the Board of
Directors of The Christian and Missionary Alliance who may be able to attend.
(5) Lay members of the District Executive Committee.
(6) The directors of district C&MA Men’s Ministry and district Alliance Women
Ministries.
(7) Any military chaplain on active duty or other federal chaplain duly
credentialed as an official worker of The Christian and Missionary Alliance who
is serving his/her assignment in this district at the time of the District
Conference.
(8) All retired or disabled missionaries and U.S. official workers residing in
this district whose names appear on the official worker list of The Christian
and Missionary Alliance.
(9) Laypersons elected by the District Conference to serve on the regional
college Board
of Trustees.
(10) Other persons holding official worker licenses, lay minister licenses, or
vocational certificates who have been accredited by the District Executive
Committee.
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b. Corresponding Delegates. The following
persons shall be eligible to attend the District Conference as nonvoting,
corresponding delegates:
(1) Official representatives of each of the four
divisions of administration of The Christian and Missionary Alliance.
(2) Missionaries of The Christian and Missionary Alliance who may be able to
attend.
(3) Official representatives of educational work connected with The Christian
and Missionary Alliance.
(4) On recommendation of the District Conference Committee on Credentials, any
member of The Christian and Missionary Alliance visiting the Conference may be
admitted as a corresponding delegate by a two-thirds vote of the Conference.
(5) One representative of a cooperating non-Alliance church.
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