II. EXHORTERS
Ques. 1. What directions are given concerning the licensing of persons to exhort?
Ans. 1. The Quarterly Conference shall have authority to license proper persons to exhort, and to renew their license annually, when, in its judgment, their gifts, graces and usefulness will warrant it.
2. No person shall be licensed to exhort without the recommendation of the Church of which he is a member, or of the Leaders' Meeting of the charge to which he belongs; nor shall any license be valid unless signed by the President of the Conference.
Ques. 2. What are the duties of an exhorter?
Ans. To hold meetings for prayer and exhortation whenever opportunity is afforded, subject to the direction of the preacher in charge.
Ques. 3. What further directions are given concerning exhorters?
Ans. 1. Let every exhorter diligently exercise the functions of his office without assuming those of a preacher.
2. Every exhorter, by virtue of his office, shall be a member of the Quarterly Conference of the charge to which he belongs; but in all other respects he shall be dealt with as a private member of the Church.
3. When an exhorter removes from one circuit, station or mission to another, he shall not be recognized as such unless he obtains a certificate of his official character from the Presiding Elder of the District, or the preacher to whose charge he belongs at the time of his removal.