145.10

To hold regular meetings; and to organize, by electing a secretary and other officers considered necessary, at the beginning of the Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) year, which shall be the same as the church year. The pastor or the SDMI superintendent may call special meetings. (114)

146

The Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International Superintendent. The annual church meeting shall elect by majority vote by ballot, of those present and voting, from among its full members, a Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) superintendent to serve for one year, or until his or her successor is elected. The SDMI Board, with the pastor’s approval, may call for an incumbent SDMI superintendent to be elected by a “yes” or “no” vote. A vacancy shall be filled by the local church at a properly called church meeting. The SDMI superintendent, newly elected, shall be a member ex-officio of the district assembly, the local church board, and the SDMI Board.

We direct our local churches to elect as church officers active members of the local church who profess the experience of entire sanctification and whose lives bear public witness to the grace of God that calls us to a holy life; who are in harmony with the doctrines, polity, and practices of the Church of the Nazarene; and who support the local church faithfully in attendance, active service, and with tithes and offerings. Church officers should be fully engaged in “making Christlike disciples in the nations.” (33, 113.11, 127, 145, 145.5, 201)

The duties and powers of the Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International superintendent are:

146.1

To have executive supervision of the Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) in the local church.

146.2

To administer the Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) in keeping with the SDMI Bylaws. (812)

146.3

To promote programs of growth in enrollment, attendance, and leadership training.

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.

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.