INT District Superintendent

District Superintendents

Directly under the House of Bishops, the district is overseen by a District Bishop. The District Bishop is only administrative and organizational. They are in charge of all temporal activities and rule over our District Churches.

The Bishops are members of the House of Bishops and have the privilege of voting at all Local Synods, National Synods, the Synod-Symposium, and more. Our District Superintendents are also members of the permanent Synod organization and work every day as the Executive Council; their role is to serve as a committee responsible for running the organization.

These positions include the Bishop President, the Rev. Marie Y. Arnold. They create and review goals for the churches. Once the plans are set by the Synod-Symposium, the permanent Synod makes sure the churches follow the changes. They do this by meeting with bishops and ministers of all members of the Assembly of Churches and getting progress reports. 

Duties

  • Executives’ duties 
  • Supervise all members
  • oversee the finances, such as budgets
  • legal services
  • They may hire and train new staff 
  • Ordain newly appointed Bishops. 
  • They may direct staff on what tasks need to be done. 
  • Care and direct investigations to resolve when complaints arise
  • They develop relationships with people outside the organization. 
  • They meet regularly with other members. 
  • They work under the supervision of the Archbishop and the Synod-Symposium

Superintendent 

Superintendent is the title given to a leader of a Christian denomination at the regional or national level.

Un surintendant (superintendentus en latin) est le titre donné à une personne dirigeant une confession chrétienne à l’échelle régionale ou nationale.

Who is a bishop supervisor of a district, which is a regional subdivision below an episcopal area of a Province?

Qui est l’évêque superviseur d’un district, qui est une subdivision régionale sous une zone épiscopale d’une province?.

The Metropolitan Abp. appoints the superintendent, and he is in authority over ten dioceses.

L’évêque métropolitain nomme le surintendant. Il exerce son autorité sur dix diocèses.

Bishop-prelate

A bishop who holds an office that does not require episcopal ordination, notably either the Prelate of a personal prelature or a territorial prelature.

A prelature (Latin: praelatura) is a Catholic ecclesiastical dignity conferred by the Metr. Abp that includes territorial jurisdiction (e.g., a bishopric, an abbey). The term is derived from the Latin prælatus, the adjectival participle of præferre, meaning “to bring forward,” suggesting that the prelate is elevated in dignity relative to the rest of the clergy.

The archetypal prelate is the bishop, whose prelature is the diocese. All other types of prelates, including abbots regular and community superiors general, are derived from this original model and receive its insignia (such as the cross and mitre).

Un évêque qui occupe une fonction ne requérant pas d’ordination épiscopale, notamment celle de prélat d’une prélature personnelle ou territoriale.

Une prélature (en latin : praelatura) est une dignité ecclésiastique conférée par le Métropolitain.Archevêque exerçant une juridiction territoriale (évêché, abbaye, etc.). Le terme est dérivé du latin prælatus, participe adjectif de præferre, qui signifie « mettre en avant », ce qui suggère que le prélat est élevé en dignité par rapport au reste du clergé.

L’archétype du prélat est l’évêque, dont la prélature est le diocèse. Tous les autres types de prélats, incluant les abbés réguliers et les supérieurs généraux de communauté, sont dérivés de ce modèle original, et en reçoivent les insignes (comme la crosse et la mitre).

Escalation:

  • A parishioner needs to ask a question to the priest.
  • The priest does not know the answer, so he will ask the bishop.
  • The bishop does not know the answer; the bishop will ask the superintendent.
  • The superintendent does not know the answer; the superintendent will ask the Metropolitan Archbishop.

The same routine applies to requesting permission to perform an action that is not authorized in the Book of Common Prayer or in any administrative rules

Escalade :

  • Un paroissien doit poser une question au prêtre.
  • Le prêtre ne connaît pas la réponse et s’adresse à l’évêque.
  • L’évêque ne connaît pas la réponse et s’adressera au surintendant.
  • Le surintendant ne connaît pas la réponse et s’adressera à l’archevêque métropolitain.

La même procédure s’applique à la demande de permission d’effectuer une action non autorisée dans le Livre de prière commune ou dans les règles administratives.

Ranks:

  1. Christ
  2. The Bible
  3. Canon Law
  4. Book of Common Prayer
  5. Metropolitan Archbishop (Primate, Presiding bishop)
  6. Archbishop
  7. Superintendent 
  8. Bishop
  9. Auxiliary bishop
  10. Priest
  11. Lay Minister
  12. Deacon
  13. Seminarist
  14.  Lector
  15. Altar Server

Rangs :

1. Le Christ

2. La Bible

3. Le droit canonique

4. Livre de prières communes

5. Archevêque métropolitain (patriarche, primat, évêque président)

6. Archevêque

7. Surintendant

8. Évêque

9. Évêque auxiliaire

10. Prêtre

11. Ministre laïque

12. Diacre

13. Séminariste

14. Lecteur

15. Servant d’Autel

House of Bishops

  • 1. Bishop Marie Arnold, President of the House of Bishops
  • 2. Bishop Julius O. Nyambuoro, Superintendent of District 07, Kenya
  • 3. Bishop Xaviour S. Chikwatu, Superintendent of District 04, Malawi
  • 4. Bishop Samuel Mark Oloo
  • 5. Bishop Dr. M.M. Waqas
  • 6. Bishop Dr. Stephen Kwabla Gbeve

District Synods

Each district is required to hold an annual regional convocation of its members. The meeting is attended by the District Superintendent. The business is completed and voted on by the voting members at that regional level. The report is given to the Permanent Synod.

Ordination certificates are given to any member who is recommended by the local church and approved by the District Superintendent Bishop, has completed the educational requirements at Footsteps of Jesus Seminary and, after prayerful consideration, has enjoyed full admission into the faith, with all powers to vote and carry on the business of the church within God’s calling. This certification is for life. Ministers need other documents to work with us. First, the good-standing certificate for ministers with a yearly renewal