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A '''District Superintendent''' in the [[Methodist Church]] is a [[clergy]]person (specifically Elder) who serves in a [[supervisory]] position over a geographic ''District'' of churches (varying in size) providing spiritual and administrative [[leadership]] to those churches and their pastors. According to the ''[[Book of Discipline (disambiguation)|Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church]]'', {{cquote|The offices of ''[[bishop]]'' and ''district superintendent'' exist in The United Methodist Church as particular ministries. Bishops are elected and district superintendents are appointed from the group of [[Elder (Methodism)|elders]] who are ordained to be ministers of [[Holy Bible|Word]], [[Sacrament]], and [[Holy_Orders#Methodist_churches|Order]] and thereby participate in the ministry of Christ, in sharing a royal priesthood which has aspostolic roots ([[First Epistle of Peter|I Peter]] 2:9; [[Gospel of John|John]] 21:15-17; [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 20:28; [[First Epistle of Peter|I Peter]] 5:2-3; [[First Epistle to Timothy|I Timothy]] 3:1-7).<ref name="Discipline 1"> ''The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church 2008'': Chapter Three. The Superintendency. Section II. Offices of Bishop and District Superintendent - ¶ 402. ''Special Ministry, Not Separate Order''(retrieved 2 October 2009).</ref>}}
District Superintendents were once called ''Presiding Elders'' in [[United Methodist Church]]es, and still are in other [[Methodist]] [[Christian denomination|denominations]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.amec3000.org/ | title = Church Global Directory|publisher = The African Methodist Episcopal Church|accessdate = 2007-05-23}}</ref>
The term of office for a district superintendent usually is up to six years but he may serve eight consective years. He may serve no more than eight years in any consective eleven years and no more than fourteen years in his lifetime.<ref>''The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2008'', ¶418</ref>
== History and Task ==
{{cquote|The task of superintending in The United Methodist Church resides in the office of bishop and extends to the district superintendent, with each possessing distinct and collegial responsibilities. The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. From apostolic times, certain ordained persons have been entrusted with the particular tasks of superintending. The purpose of superintending is to equip the Church in its disciple-making ministry. Those who superintend carry primary responsibility for ordering the life of the Church. It is their task to enable the gathered Church to worship and to evangelize faithfully.}}
{{cquote|It is also their task to facilitate the initiation of structures and strategies for the equipping of the Christian people for service in the Church and in the world in the name of Jesus Christ and to help extend the service in mission. It is their task, as well, to see that all matters, temporal and spiritual, are administered in a manner which acknowledges the ways and the insights of the world critically and with understanding while remaining cognizant of and faithful to the mandate of the Church. The formal leadership in the United Methodist Church, located in these superintending offices, is an integral part of the system of an itinerant ministry.<ref name="Discipline 2"> ''The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church 2008: ¶ 401 - ''Task'' (retrieved 2 October 2009).</ref>}}

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
<u>The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church--2008</u>. The United Methodist Publishing House.

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-A '''District Superintendent''' in the [[Methodist Church]] is a [[clergy]]person (specifically Elder) who serves in a [[supervisory]] position over a geographic ''District'' of churches (varying in size) providing spiritual and administrative [[leadership]] to those churches and their pastors. According to the ''[[Book of Discipline (disambiguation)|Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church]]'', {{cquote|The offices of ''[[bishop]]'' and ''district superintendent'' exist in The United Methodist Church as particular ministries. Bishops are elected and district superintendents are appointed from the group of [[Elder (Methodism)|elders]] who are ordained to be ministers of [[Holy Bible|Word]], [[Sacrament]], and [[Holy_Orders#Methodist_churches|Order]] and thereby participate in the ministry of Christ, in sharing a royal priesthood which has aspostolic roots ([[First Epistle of Peter|I Peter]] 2:9; [[Gospel of John|John]] 21:15-17; [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 20:28; [[First Epistle of Peter|I Peter]] 5:2-3; [[First Epistle to Timothy|I Timothy]] 3:1-7).<ref name="Discipline 1"> ''The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church 2008'': Chapter Three. The Superintendency. Section II. Offices of Bishop and District Superintendent - ¶ 402. ''Special Ministry, Not Separate Order''(retrieved 2 October 2009).</ref>}}
+A '''District Superintendent''' in the [[Methodist Church]] is a [[clergy]]person (specifically Elder) who serves in a [[supervisory]] position over a geographic ''District'' of churches (varying in size) providing spiritual and administrative [[leadership]] to those churches and their pastors. According to the ''[[Book of Discipline (disambiguation)|Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church]]'', {{cquote|The offices of ''[[bishop]]'' and ''district superintendent'' exist in The United Methodist Church as particular ministries. Bishops are elected and district superintendents are appointed from the group of [[Elder (Methodism)|elders]] who are ordained to be ministers of [[Holy Bible|Word]], [[Sacrament]], and [[Holy Orders#Methodist churches|Order]] and thereby participate in the ministry of Christ, in sharing a royal priesthood which has aspostolic roots ([[First Epistle of Peter|I Peter]] 2:9; [[Gospel of John|John]] 21:15-17; [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 20:28; [[First Epistle of Peter|I Peter]] 5:2-3; [[First Epistle to Timothy|I Timothy]] 3:1-7).<ref name="Discipline 1">''The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church 2008'': Chapter Three. The Superintendency. Section II. Offices of Bishop and District Superintendent - ¶ 402. ''Special Ministry, Not Separate Order''(retrieved 2 October 2009).</ref>}}
 District Superintendents were once called ''Presiding Elders'' in [[United Methodist Church]]es, and still are in other [[Methodist]] [[Christian denomination|denominations]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.amec3000.org/ | title = Church Global Directory|publisher = The African Methodist Episcopal Church|accessdate = 2007-05-23}}</ref>
 The term of office for a district superintendent usually is up to six years but he may serve eight consective years.  He may serve no more than eight years in any consective eleven years and no more than fourteen years in his lifetime.<ref>''The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2008'', ¶418</ref>
 == History and Task ==
 {{cquote|The task of superintending in The United Methodist Church resides in the office of bishop and extends to the district superintendent, with each possessing distinct and collegial responsibilities. The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. From apostolic times, certain ordained persons have been entrusted with the particular tasks of superintending. The purpose of superintending is to equip the Church in its disciple-making ministry. Those who superintend carry primary responsibility for ordering the life of the Church. It is their task to enable the gathered Church to worship and to evangelize faithfully.}}
-{{cquote|It is also their task to facilitate the initiation of structures and strategies for the equipping of the Christian people for service in the Church and in the world in the name of Jesus Christ and to help extend the service in mission. It is their task, as well, to see that all matters, temporal and spiritual, are administered in a manner which acknowledges the ways and the insights of the world critically and with understanding while remaining cognizant of and faithful to the mandate of the Church. The formal leadership in the United Methodist Church, located in these superintending offices, is an integral part of the system of an itinerant ministry.<ref name="Discipline 2"> ''The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church 2008: ¶ 401 - ''Task'' (retrieved 2 October 2009).</ref>}}
+{{cquote|It is also their task to facilitate the initiation of structures and strategies for the equipping of the Christian people for service in the Church and in the world in the name of Jesus Christ and to help extend the service in mission. It is their task, as well, to see that all matters, temporal and spiritual, are administered in a manner which acknowledges the ways and the insights of the world critically and with understanding while remaining cognizant of and faithful to the mandate of the Church. The formal leadership in the United Methodist Church, located in these superintending offices, is an integral part of the system of an itinerant ministry.<ref name="Discipline 2">''The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church 2008: ¶ 401 - ''Task'' (retrieved 2 October 2009).</ref>}}
 == References ==
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 == Bibliography ==
-<u>The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church--2008</u>. The United Methodist Publishing House.
+<u>The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church—2008</u>. The United Methodist Publishing House.
 [[Category:Christian Group Structuring]]
 [[Category:Methodism]]