CHAPTER V.

DISTRICT CONFERENCES

Ques. 1. What directions are given concerning District Conferences?

Ans. 1. There shall be held annually, in each presiding elder's District, a District Conference. The time shall be fixed by the Presiding Elder, and the place by the conference.

2. The District Conference shall be composed of all the preachers, in the District, both traveling and local, and of laymen, the number of whom, and their mode of appointment, each Annual Conference may determine for itself.

3. The Presiding Elder shall preside. In his absence, the Conference shall elect a president.

4. The Conference shall elect a secretary, who shall keep a record of all its proceedings.

1. It shall be the duty of the Conference to examine Quarterly Conference Journals, and to inquire particularly into the condition of the several charges in the District:—

(a) As to their spiritual state, and

(b) As to missions within the District, where new ones should be established, or what missions should be raised to circuits or stations.

(c) As to the Sunday-schools, and the manner of conducting them, and as to education generally.

(d) As to the financial system, the contributions to church purposes, and the condition of houses of worship and parsonages.

(e) As to the mission work and Church Extension; the amount raised for each.

(f) As to the Epworth League chapters and the manner of conducting them.

2. (a) Hearing reports from Special Committees.

(b) Reading and discussion of papers.

3. The District Conference shall elect annually, by ballot, from the District, four delegates to the ensuing Annual Conference; =provided=, no member of the Annual Conference shall vote in said election.

4. At these conferences prominence shall be given to religious exercises, such as preaching, prayer meetings, love feast, and the administration of the sacraments.