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2006 Book of Order
Amended October 2008
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Chapter 1: Background of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand
1.1: Standards
1.2: Background
1.3: The Church
1.4: A Presbyterian Church
1.5: A multicultural Church with a bicultural commitment
1.6: A Church committed to unity
1.7: The formula
1.8: Alteration of this chapter
Chapter 2: About the Book of Order and its interpretation
2.1: Purpose of the Book of Order
2.2: Authority of the Book of Order
2.3: Structure of the Book of Order
2.4: Use of defined terms in the Book of Order
2.5: Interpretation of headings
2.6: Summary of functions of persons and bodies
2.7: Alteration of the Book of Order
Chapter 3: Supplementary provisions
3.1: Issue of supplementary provisions
3.2: The nature of supplementary provisions
3.3: Delegation to the Council of Assembly
3.4: Notification of supplementary provisions
3.5: Compliance with supplementary provisions
3.6: Alteration of this chapter
4.1: Belonging to the Church
4.2: Becoming a member of a congregation
4.3: Becoming an associate member of a congregation
4.4: Rights and privileges of membership
4.5: Rights and privileges of associate membership
4.6: Responsibilities of members
4.7: Responsibilities of associate members
4.8: Responsibilities of the church council to members and associate members
4.9: Application for membership from member moving from another congregation
4.10: Rolls and removal from rolls
4.11: Alteration of this Chapter
5.1: Nature of the congregation
5.2: Functions of the congregation
5.3: Procedures relating to meetings of congregations
5.4: Application to form a new congregation
5.5: Matters to be investigated before forming a new congregation
5.6: Establishment of a co-operative venture
5.7: Procedures to be followed before deciding whether to form a new congregation
5.8: Implication of decision to form a new congregation
5.9: Dissolution of a congregation
5.10: Procedures to be followed before deciding whether to dissolve a congregation
5.11: Responsibilities of presbytery if a congregation is dissolved
5.12: Right of appeal in relation to decision to form or dissolve a congregation
5.13: Reporting to the General Assembly
5.14: Alteration of this Chapter
Chapter 6: Ministers and elders
6.1: Background
Office of minister
6.2: Nature of office of minister
6.3: Functions of a minister
6.4: Leadership in worship
6.5: Leadership in mission
6.6: Pastoral care
6.7: Spiritual nurture
6.8: Responsibility of minister
Office of elder
6.9: Nature of office of elder
6.10: Functions of an elder
6.11: Leadership in worship
6.12: Leadership in mission
6.13: Pastoral care and oversight of the congregation
6.14: Spiritual nurture
6.15: Responsibilities of elders
6.16: Alteration of this chapter
7.1: Background
7.2: Functions of a church council
7.3: Legislative proposals
Forms of Congregational Organisation
7.4: Options for structure of a church council
7.5: Approval of special structure of a church council
7.6: Officers of a church council
Composition of Church Councils
7.7: Session
7.8: Board of managers
7.9: Deacons’ court
7.10: Term of elder or deacon
7.11: Parish Council
Functions of board of managers or deacons’ court
7.12: Functions
Respective responsibilities
7.13: Responsibilities of minister or local ministry team
7.14: Responsibilities of church council
7.15: Responsibilities of a board of managers and deacons’ court
Procedural matters
7.16: Meetings of a church council
7.17: Reference by a member or associate member of congregation to a church council
7.18: Minutes
7.19: Powers to appoint committees and delegate
7.20: Powers of Committees
7.21: Decisions of Session
Church council commissioners to presbytery
7.22: Commissioners to presbytery
7.23: Electing commissioners to presbytery
7.24: Election of alternate commissioner
Dissolution of a church council
7.25: Dissolution of a church council
7.26: Alteration of this Chapter
8.1: Background
Functions of presbytery
8.2: General scope of presbytery’s role
8.3: Primary function of presbytery
8.4: Specific presbytery functions
8.5: Initiating legislative proposals
8.6: Legislative proposals received from the General Assembly
General Assembly to establish presbyteries
8.7: Formation, alteration and abolition of presbyteries
8.8: Independence of presbyteries
8.9: Membership of presbyteries
8.10: Officers of presbytery
8.11: Moderator of presbytery
8.12: Clerk and other officers of a presbytery
8.13: Meetings of presbytery
8.14: Special and emergency meetings of presbytery
8.15: Other constraints on meetings of presbytery
8.16: Delegation
Commissioners to Assembly
8.17: Appointment of ministers and elders to attend the General Assembly
8.18: Alteration of this chapter
Chapter 9: Training, ordination and commissioning for ministry
9.1: Background
Ministries for which ordination is required
9.2: Ordination for ministry of word and sacrament
9.3: Ordination of elders and deacons
Provisions for ordination
9.4: Preliminary requirements for ordination
9.5: Role of General Assembly in training of persons preparing for ordination
9.6: Authority of presbytery in selection, training, ordination and commissioning
National ordained ministry
Process leading to ordination
9.7: Process for ordination for national ordained ministry
9.8: National assessment process
9.9: Training for national ordained ministry
Licensing, ordination, and induction
9.10: Licensing of candidates for national ordained ministry
9.11: Ordination of licentiate
Co-operative venture
9.12: Appointment to co-operative venture
Local ordained ministry
9.13: Ordination for local ordained ministry
Processes leading to local ordained ministry
9.14: A call to local ordained ministry can be identified in one of three ways
9.15: Training of candidates for local ordained ministry
9.16: Roles of training adviser and training enabler
9.17: Commissioning of candidates for local ordained ministry
9.18: Final review of candidate for local ordained ministry
9.19: Ordination of candidate for local ordained ministry
Training
9.20: Continuing ministry formation of local ordained minister
Transfer to another ministry
9.21: Transfer of local ordained minister to another local ordained ministry
9.22: Transfer of local ordained minister to national ordained ministry
Local ministry team
9.23: Processes leading to identifying a local ministry team
9.24: Process for establishing a local ministry team
9.25: Training of the local ministry team
9.26: Commissioning of local ministry team
Training and support systems
9.27: Continuing ministry formation for local ministry team
9.28: Other assistance for on-going training of local ministry team
9.29: Role of training enablers
9.30: Responsibilities of members of local ministry team
Limits to scope of ministry
9.31: Withdrawal of a member or members of a local ministry team
9.32: Appointments outside local ministry team
Amorangi ministry (Bearer of Heavenly Tidings)
9.33: Requirements for amorangi ministry
9.34: Ministry within Te Aka Puaho
9.35: Establishment of ministry in Te Aka Puaho
9.36: Training for ministry in Te Aka Puaho
9.37: Licensing, ordination, and Induction of candidates
9.38: Continuing ministry formation of amorangi
9.39: Transfer of amorangi to national ordained ministry
Ministers from other denominations
9.40: Transfer of ministers from other denominations
Elders and deacons
9.41: Preparation for ordination of elders
9.42: Ordination and Induction of elders
9.43: Authorisation of elders to administer the sacraments
9.44: Ordination and induction of deacons
Recognised ministries
9.45: Power to appoint recognised ministries
9.46: Functions of recognised ministries
9.47: Support for recognised ministries
9.48: Commissioning of persons engaged in recognised ministry
Chapter 10: Ministry settlement and termination
10.1: Background and application
10.2: Opportunity for ministry settlement
10.3: Interim Moderator
10.4: Establishment of ministry settlement board
10.5: Members of boards for joint congregations
10.6: Special provisions for co-operative ventures
10.7: Functions of the Ministry Settlement Board
10.8: Obtaining church council and congregational approval
National ordained ministry
10.9: Responsibilities of presbytery on receiving a recommendation for national ordained ministry
10.10: Recommendation approved by presbytery
10.11: Making a settlement
10.12: Presbytery consideration of the call
10.13: Call within a presbytery
10.14: Call to a member of another presbytery
10.15: Call accepted and induction date set
10.16: Responsibilities of presbytery on receiving a recommendation for local ordained ministry
10.17: Recommendation for local ordained ministry approved by presbytery
Local ministry team
10.18: Responsibilities of presbytery on receiving a recommendation for a local ministry team
10.19: Proposal for local team ministry approved by presbytery
Termination of ministry settlement and resignation
10.20: Termination of ministry settlement
10.21: Grounds for termination of a ministry settlement
10.22: Termination of ministry by death
10.23: Termination of ministry by resignation
10.24: Termination of ministry by retirement
10.25: Termination under chapter 15 as a result of a determination of unbecoming conduct
10.26: Appointment to another ministry position
10.27: Termination because of medical, physical, mental or other incapacity
10.28: Termination because of inability of the minister
10.29: Inability of the congregation to meet its financial or other obligations to the minister
10.30: Reduction of the numbers of a congregation
10.31: Termination in the case of a fixed term ministry
10.32: Resignation from ministry of the Church
10.33: Alteration of this chapter
11.1: Preamble
11.2: Introduction
11.3: Functions of Te Aka Puaho
11.4: Power to appoint committees
11.5: Responsibilities of ministers
11.6: Members of Te Aka Puaho
11.7: Associates of Te Aka Puaho
11.8: Meetings
11.9: Officials
11.10: Role and responsibilities of Moderator
11.11: The Secretary
11.12: Relation of Te Aka Puaho to presbyteries and the General Assembly
11.13: Membership of Pastorates
11.14: Te Komiti Takawaenga o Te Haahi
11.15: Procedure
11.16: Appeal
11.17: Ministry Training
Chapter 12: The Synod of Otago and Southland
12.1: Preamble
12.2: Jurisdiction over synod properties
12.3: Synod financial jurisdiction
12.4: Synod ecclesiastical and judicial functions
12.5: Appeal
Chapter 13: Pacific Islanders’ Synod
13.1: Pacific Islanders’ Synod
13.2: Membership of Pacific Islanders’ Synod
13.3: Purposes of Pacific Islanders’ Synod
13.4: Constituent groups
13.5: Moderator
13.6: Synod clerk
13.7: Synod treasurer
13.8: Executive Committee
13.9: Meetings
13.10: Relationship with Church courts
13.11: Property and finance
Chapter 14: Meetings of Church in Assembly
14.1: Background
Purposes and functions of General Assembly
14.2: Primary purposes and functions of General Assembly
14.3: Powers of General Assembly
14.4: Duties of General Assembly in carrying out the mission of the Church
Composition and duties of General Assembly
14.5: Membership of General Assembly
14.6: Quorum
14.7: The legislative function of the General Assembly
14.8: Proposals for legislation
14.9: Special legislative procedure
14.10: The judicial function of the General Assembly
14.11: Powers and duties relating to administrative functions
Council of Assembly
14.12: Establishment and responsibilities of the Council of Assembly
14.13: Membership of Council of Assembly
Officers of Assembly
14.14: Election of the Moderator
14.15: Term of office of the Moderator
14.16: Duties of the Moderator
14.17: Powers of the Moderator
14.18: Assembly Executive Secretary and Clerk of Assembly
14.19: Powers and duties of the Clerk of Assembly
14.20: Delegation by Clerk of Assembly
References and appeals to Assembly
14.21: Delegation of judicial function
14.22: References by presbytery for advice or decision
14.23: Procedure for judicial action on appeal
14.24: General provisions for appeals and references
14.25: Advice to judicial body
Procedural matters
14.26: Procedures for appointments to General Assembly
14.27: Privileges of members of the General Assembly
14.28: Discipline during General Assembly meetings
14.29: Date, time and place of General Assembly meetings
Special and Emergency Assemblies
14.30: Special Assembly
14.31: Emergency Assembly
14.32: Alteration of this Chapter
15.1: Background
Who are Involved in disciplinary procedures
15.2: Grounds for the exercise of discipline
15.3: Who may be subject to discipline
15.4: Who exercises discipline
Complaint proceedings for exercise of discipline by assessors
Preliminary: Contact and support persons
15.5: Appointments for the disciplinary process
15.6: Appointment of officers by Council of Assembly to deal with complaints
Process for initiating complaints
15.7: Lodging of complaint
15.8: Appointment and procedures of assessors for particular complaints
15.9: Service of complaint and other documents
15.10: Response by respondent
15.11: Comment by complainant
15.12: Interim standing down from office or membership
15.12A Church council to be advised of complaint
15.13: Consideration of complaint
15.14: Determination of the complaint by assessors
15.15: Notification of decision of assessors
15.16: Assessors’ determination is final
Implementation of determination of assessors
Disciplinary commission
15.17: Appointment and membership of disciplinary commission
Powers
15.18: Powers of disciplinary commission
Procedures of disciplinary commission
15.19: Procedural entitlements of parties
15.20: Failure of respondent to appear
15.21: Evidence of criminal conviction
Hearing
15.22: Conduct of hearing
15.23: Record of Hearing
Process for hearing evidence
15.24: Examination of witnesses
15.25: Procedure if witness unable to attend hearing
Decision of disciplinary commission
15.26: Basis for decision
15.27: Orders that may be made by disciplinary commission
15.28: Promulgation of Decision
15.29: Name suppression
15.30: Record of complaint proceeding to be retained
Action to be taken after decision of disciplinary commission
15.31: Immediate implementation of decision
15.32: Decisions of disciplinary commissions binding
Appeal to Assembly Judicial Commission
15.33: Right of appeal
15.34: Time for lodging appeal
Process for conducting appeal
15.35: Appeal on the record of evidence
15.36: Leave to admit new evidence
15.37: Record of appeal
15.38: Determination of appeal
15.39: Orders that may be made by Assembly Judicial Commission
15.40: Promulgation of decision on appeal
15.41: Name suppression
Powers and duties of disciplinary commissions and Assembly Judicial Commission
15.42: Procedure if Censure Ordered
15.43: Costs
15.44: Expenses and allowances
15.45: Register
15.46: Alteration of this chapter
Chapter 16: Property and finance
16.1: Background
Property
16.2: Property to be held by trustees
16.3: Property responsibilities of a congregation
16.4: Property responsibilities of a presbytery
16.5: Appointment and functions of property committee
16.6: Property responsibilities of the General Assembly
16.7: Sale of property
Finance
16.8: Congregational funds
16.9: Stipend and allowances for ministry support
16.10: Presbytery funds
16.11 General Assembly funds
16.12 Appeals for funds
16.13 Charitable purposes
16.14 Winding up
16.15 Alteration of this Chapter
Chapter 17: Commencement, savings and transitional provisions
17.1: Background
17.2: Commencement
17.3: Repeal
17.4: Transitional provisions regarding membership and associate membership
17.5: Transitional provision regarding congregations
17.6: Transitional provisions regarding church councils
17.7: Transitional provisions regarding ministry and eldership
17.8: Transitional provisions regarding presbytery
17.9: Transitional provision regarding training, ordination and commissioning for the ministry
17.10: Transitional provisions regarding ministry settlements
17.11: Transitional provision regarding Te Aka Puaho
17.12: Transitional provision regarding Pacific Islanders’ Synod
17.13: Transitional provisions regarding General Assembly
17.14: Transitional Provision Regarding Legislative Proposals
17.15: Transitional provisions regarding discipline
17.16: Transitional provisions regarding property and finance
Appendix I: Defined terms
In this Book of Order, unless the context otherwise requires,
Act of Commitment means the solemn commitment entered into by the Anglican Church in New Zealand , the Associated Churches of Christ, the Congregational Union of New Zealand, the Methodist Church of New Zealand and the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand in 1967 and reaffirmed in 1984.
Amorangi ministry means a self-supporting ministry within Te Aka Puaho as provided for in chapter 11.
Assembly means a General Assembly, an Emergency Assembly or a Special Assembly as provided for in chapter 14.
Assembly Executive Secretary means the person appointed as such by a General Assembly in accordance with section 18 of chapter 14.
Assembly Judicial Commission means a Judicial Commission appointed by the Council of Assembly in accordance with section 12 (2) (k) of chapter 14.
Assessors means the persons appointed to a panel of assessors by the Council of Assembly under section 6 (2) of chapter 15 for the purposes of disciplinary proceedings,
Associate member means a person recognised by a church council and who satisfies the requirements of section 3 of chapter 4.
B oard of managers means a board chosen and elected under section 8 of chapter 7 for the purposes of administering the property and finances of the congregation in accordance with section 12 of that chapter.
Book of Order means the Book of Order (of which this Appendix is part) prescribed by the General Assembly.
Book of Order Advisory Committee means the committee established by the General Assembly under section 3 of chapter 14 to provide advice to the General Assembly concerning the Book of Order.
Call according to the context, means either
a) a request issued in accordance with chapter 10 by a congregation in need of ministry settlement to a minister or a licentiate for that minister or licentiate to become the settled minister of that congregation, or,
b) God’s call to a person to a life of ministry.
Candidate means a person who applies to be accepted and a person who has been accepted as a student for one of the four strands of ministry.
Chaplain means a person holding a ministry position other than in a congregation.
Charge means a congregation or group of congregations recognised under chapter 5 and declared by the presbytery as entitled to have ministry settlement.
Church means the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand .
Church Architecture Reference Group means the group comprising four regional committees provided for in section 6 of chapter 16.
Church council means the governing body of a congregation constituted or organised in accordance with section 4 of chapter 7 in order to provide spiritual oversight, leadership, pastoral care and management of a congregation.
Church worker does not include any person employed under a contract of employment or engaged under a contract for services.
Clerk of Assembly means the person holding that office by virtue of appointment as Assembly Executive Secretary under section18 of chapter 14.
Commissioners means ministers and elders elected to serve in the higher courts of the Church who are not bound in discussions and deliberations to represent the views of the courts that elect them.
Commissioning means the specific act in a public service of worship which accompanies the appointment of people into particular ministries and for particular purposes.
Complainant means a person, and a representative of such a person, who lodges a complaint of conduct that is unbecoming of a minister, elder, other office bearer, church worker, member or associate member of the Church in accordance with section 7 of chapter 15.
Complaint means an allegation of conduct that is unbecoming of a minister, elder, other office bearer, church worker, member or associate member of the Church.
Complaints officer means a complaints officer appointed by the Council of Assembly under section 6 (1) of chapter 15.
Congregation means a group of members, associate members, and other persons who unite for worship, life, and mission as set out in chapter 5.
Congregational office means membership of a church council, board of managers or deacons’ court.
Constituent group means any one of the Pacific Islands groups described in section 5 of chapter 13.
Contact person means a person appointed by a primary court of discipline under section 5 of chapter 15 to receive complaints and perform other functions provided for in that section.
Co-operative venture means a congregation set up under the provisions of the Guide to Procedures in Co-operative Ventures which was approved and issued by the 5 Negotiating Partners.
Council of Assembly means the Council of Assembly established by the General Assembly in accordance with section 12 of chapter 14.
Court means a presbytery including Te Aka Puaho and the General Assembly.
Deacon means a member of a deacons’ court.
Deacons’ court means the body chosen and elected under section 9 of chapter 7 for the purposes of administering the property and finances of a congregation in accordance with section 12 of that chapter.
Disciplinary commission means a disciplinary commission appointed by the complaints officer in accordance with section 17 of chapter 15.
Disciplinary matter means a matter coming within the scope of the provisions of chapter 15.
Elder means a person set aside by ordination to the specific ministry of elder in accordance with chapter 9 and, for the purposes of representation at presbytery and the General Assembly, a person who is not an elder but is a member of the church council of a co-operative venture is treated as an elder.
Eldership formation means such training, reading and study that may be suggested by the minister or church council as helpful for the exercise of eldership.
Emergency Assembly means an Assembly convened by the Council of Assembly under section 31 of chapter 14 to consider a matter of emergency.
Faith community means a community which has sought and obtained recognition from a presbytery as a faith community.
Formula means the statement set out in section 7 of chapter 1 to which certain persons are required to subscribe as their written commitment to the doctrinal basis and order of the Church.
Four strands of ministry mean the four different forms of leadership of mission within a congregation, in terms of ordained ministries of word and sacrament or commissioned members of a local ministry team.
General Assembly means the Assembly that is the governing body of the Church and the purposes, functions and composition of which are provided for in chapter 14.
Good standing in relation to a minister, means a minister in respect of whom the presbytery having oversight of the minister is in a position to issue a letter or licence confirming the minister’s good standing by reason of the fact that the minister is neither facing a disciplinary charge nor subject to any current disciplinary orders under chapter 15.
Guide to Procedures in Co-operative Ventures means the guide covering the governance of co-operative ventures issued by the five Negotiating Partners.
Induction means the specific act that accompanies ordination and defines the sphere within which the powers confirmed by ordination may be exercised.
Interim Moderator means a person appointed as an Interim Moderator of a congregation by a presbytery under section 3 (1) of chapter 10.
Licentiate means a person who has completed training as a student for the national ministry of word and sacrament, and has been licensed by a presbytery to practice his or her talents for ministry, and who awaits a call to a ministry position.
Local ministry team means a model of ministry authorised by presbytery for a specific period of time, for leadership of a congregation in which ministry roles are shared among members.
Local ordained ministry means a model of ministry under which a person is ordained by a presbytery for the ministry of word and sacrament in a particular context for a particular period of time and is not normally eligible for appointment to any other position within the Church.
Local ordained ministry probationer means a person who has been accepted as a candidate for a local ordained ministry position, has begun work within the congregation, and has a training agreement in place with a specified probationary period.
Manager means a member of a board of managers.
Member means a person accepted by a church council as a member of the congregation in accordance with section 2 of chapter 4.
Minister means a person called by God to preach the Gospel of Christ, celebrate the sacraments and exercise the talents that he or she has received for ministry in the Christian church and who has been ordained by presbytery to this office.
Ministry formation means regular and on-going training, reading and study relevant to the holder of a ministry position.
Ministry of word and sacrament means the ministry in which the Gospel of Christ is preached and the sacraments are celebrated within a congregation or charge or position by persons ordained or authorised or commissioned to this ministry.
Ministry position means a charge or position to which a minister or ministry team has been called or appointed.
Ministry settlement means provision of leadership in a congregation or charge through one of the four strands of ministry.
Ministry settlement board means a board established in accordance with section 4 of chapter 10 to perform the functions set out in section 7 of that chapter.
Moderator means a minister or elder who is appointed to lead or chair a session, church council, presbytery, Assembly, Te Aka Puaho or the Pacific Islanders’ Synod.
National ordained ministry means a model of ministry under which a person is ordained by a presbytery to the ministry of word and sacrament and is eligible for call or appointment throughout the Church.
Negotiating Partners means the 5 denominations that entered into the Act of Commitment in 1967, that is to say the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia , the Associated Churches of Christ, the Congregational Union of New Zealand, the Methodist Church of New Zealand and the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand .
Office bearers means members of church councils, managers and deacons.
Ordination means the setting apart by the Church of men and women as ministers, elders or deacons to perform certain functions within the Church.
Pacific Islanders’ Synod means the body of that name recognised by section 2 of chapter 13 as a body within the Church responsible to the General Assembly.
Parish means the geographical area served by a congregation.
Parish council means church council.
Pastoral charge has the same meaning as charge.
Pastorate means the area or areas of responsibility of a minister under the maru of Te Aka Puaho and may include all or part of the area of more than one parish.
Presbyterian Church Property Trustees means the trustees provided for in The Presbyterian Church Property Act 1885 in whom parish property located north of the Waitaki River and other property of the Church is vested in accordance with section 2 of chapter 16.
Presbytery means a presbytery established by the General Assembly under section 7 of chapter 8 for an area or region and includes Te Aka Puaho,
Profession of faith means the public act by a person acknowledging their acceptance of the Christian faith.
Property committee means a committee of that name appointed by a presbytery under section 5 of chapter 16.
Recognised ministries means ministries other than one of the four strands of ministry as provided for in section 45 of chapter 9.
Respondent means a minister, elder or other office bearer, or church worker of the Church or a member or associate member of a congregation against whom a complaint of unbecoming conduct is made in accordance with chapter 15.
Session in relation to a congregation, means a body constituted as a session in accordance with section 7 of chapter 7.
Special Assembly means a Special Assembly convened by a General Assembly under section 30 of chapter 14 to determine particular business referred to it.
Special legislative procedure means the legislative procedure provided for in section 9 of chapter 14 for altering, amending or deleting a provision of the Book of Order.
Stated supply means a local appointment made by the church council and approved by presbytery for ministry to a congregation for a short stated term of appointment.
Supervision means regular contact with a person capable of collegial and or professional discussion of a person’s practice of ministry.
Supplementary provisions means a document, including a manual, handbook or form, issued under chapter 3 by the General Assembly, or by the Council of Assembly under delegated authority, to implement or give effect to any provision of this Book of Order.
Support means any kind of assistance including financial support, and includes where appropriate, the payment of a stipend, salary or honorarium.
Support person means a person appointed by a complainant or a respondent in a disciplinary process to provide support to him or her during the course of that process.
Te Aka Puaho, as provided in chapter 11, means that part of the Church within which Maori associated with the Church and those others who choose to associate within and under the maru of that part of the Church can carry out the mission of God from a Maori cultural perspective.
Training advisor means the person with national responsibility for the standards and negotiation of training agreements of candidates for the four strands of ministry.
Training enabler means the person who is appointed by a presbytery to facilitate and enable a candidate to fulfil the terms of his or her training agreement.
Trustee means a trustee appointed under the Presbyterian Church Property Act 1885 or the Otago Foundation Trust Board Act 1992.
Working day means any day other than Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, any statutory holiday, and any day between 20 December in any year and 20 January in the following year.
Appendix 2: Functions
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