TRUSTEE
The number of trustees of each church shall not be fewer than _____, nor more than ____.
What is not fewer than 3 , not more than 19?
A Certificate of Confirmation shall be given to each successful student, to be presented at the appropriate _______ ________, signed by the instructor appointed by the pastor..
What is the Quarterly Conference?
The minister at the meeting for election shall nominate _____ the number of persons to be elected.
What is nominate twice the number of persons to be elected?
It shall be the responsibility of the Church Secretary to provide clear instructions on number of nominees to be elected, and how voters should indicate their choice of nominees.
True or False
False. This is the responsibility of the pastor.
The trustees shall make improvements upon the property or real estate when authorized to do so by the majority of the other trustees.
True or False
False When authorized to do so in a church conference by a vote of the majority of the legal members of the church present.
Each person to be elected a trustee shall be _____years or over.
What is eighteen (18) years?
The trustee nominee shall have been a member of a local church at least______ months and a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) ,for not less than ______ years, except in case of missions or new work.
What is a member of a local church at six (6) months and a member of the AMEC for not less than (2) years?
All persons to be elected shall have given verbal consent for their names to be placed in nomination. True or False
False. Said persons shall have given consent in writing for their names to be placed in nomination.
The election shall proceed until the required number of trustees shall have been elected by majority vote.
The Recording Secretary shall declare the results of the election. True or False
False. The pastor in charge shall declare the results of the election.
The trustees shall secure, by purchase or hire, a home for the pastor's family and also comfortably furnish it. In lieu of this arrangement, the pastor may be given a housing allowance.
If a housing allowance is given, it is the Trustees duty to negotiate a reasonable housing allowance with the pastor. True or False
False. It is the Stewards' duty to negotiate the housing allowance.
The trustees shall be instructed in the_____ and ___________ of the Board of Trustees of the local church.
What are the duties and responsibilities of the Board of Trustees?
The person to be elected a trustee shall be a member in _______ and ________ standing in the Church.
What is good and regular standing?
Definition: A qualification for eligibility to hold any office or membership in the AME Church. Inclusive is an acceptance that one is: to be governed by the AMEC Discipline; to regularly attend worship and the other means of grace; to contribute regularly to the support of the gospel, the Church, its benevolent enterprises and the poor; and to give of one's time and talents to the various ministries of the Church.
Every member of the church _____ years of age or older and in full communion (good and regular standing) has the right to vote for the nominees at the election
What is eighteen (18) years of age?
The chairperson of the Board of Trustees is the pastor. True or False
True. The minister-in- charge shall be the chairperson of the Board of Trustees and the minister's signature shall be necessary to make the acts of the trustees legal.
The trustees shall be members of the Quarterly Conference and shall be answerable to that body for their official conduct. True or False
True.
The training of the trustees shall be completed within ______ days after election, or prior to the appropriate Quarterly Conference, whichever comes first.
What is sixty (60) days?
The trustees shall be elected ___________ (how often) by the members of the church.
What is annually?
Each person to be elected a trustee shall be instructed in the duties and responsibilities of the Board of Trustees of the local church. True or False
True
If the Chairperson of the Board is at any time unable to be present at a meeting, he or she shall appoint a chair person, whose signature also shall be legal. What is this person's title?
What is a chairperson pro tem?
The trustees shall make a report of all receipts and expenditures during the quarter to the Quarterly Conference, True or False
True
All trustees must attend at least ______ training sessions.
What is three (3)?
The minister in charge shall appoint the time and place for holding the election and give notice of the same from the pulpit at least ____days, including ____ consecutive _____, previous to the time of election.
What is ten (10) days, including two (2) consecutive Sundays previous to the time of the election?
All trustees can be elected by "show of hands" or "voice vote". True or False
False. All trustees shall be elected by secret ballot, each ballot used must be identical; including the names of all eligible candidates who have been nominated by the pastor.
The trustees shall manage all the _______ concerns of the church (e.g., all real estate, churches, parsonages, schools, and any other property obtained by the local church) not otherwise provided for and shall have a treasurer elected by the Board.
What is temporal?
In the early AME Church, Trustees were considered the least officers in the church.
True or False
FALSE In the early AME Church, Trustees were considered the most prestigious and powerful officers. The Trustees maintained responsibility for everything connected with the local church. They controlled the money, the premises, the services and yes, the pastor’s salary. As the Church flourished, clergy lobbied for legislation to decrease the power held by these officers. So, the power held by the trustees split; creating two separate groups known as the Stewards and the Trustees.