A. All applications are to be submitted before District Conference or the Fall Board meeting each year.
B. No application will be considered from any applicant who is not a legal citizen or resident of the United States.
C. Before applicant is presented to the Tennessee District Board for approval he must receive approval from the Tennessee NAM Executive Committee, as TNAM Church Planter (See appendix A for a list of documents required to meet Tennessee NAM Executive Committee)
D. Final appointment as a TN Metro Church Planter shall be the action of the Tennessee District Board.
6. Duties and responsibilities of the TN Metro Church Planter: A. The Church Planter's purpose is to build and establish a congregation in their designated metro area. An annual performance evaluation will be performed by the TN Metro Committee
B. The Church Planter shall raise his support by the soliciting of monthly commitments under the TN Metro Church banner. (A division under the TNAM department)
C. The Church Planter shall consistently give full service to the stewardship for which he is commissioned. He may take time away from the new church to attend district meetings, to have annual vacation time, and have one week for General Conference. He will SO arrange his schedule that he will not be away from his church two consecutive weekends.
D. He shall complete and send monthly reports to the TNAM Director. The TNAM director shall forward these monthly reports to the district office.
E. Nothing in this policy shall inhibit, change, or limit the power or right of the district superintendent and district board from approving qualified ministers to start new churches in any city in the district. This includes metro areas.
F. The Church Planter shall live in the metro area where he is planting a church.
G. A Church Planter must plant a church within the city for which he was appointed a metro Church Planter. Any exception to this must have written permission of the Tennessee District Board and the Tennessee Executive NAM Committee.
H. The metro church plant must be affiliated with United Pentecostal Church International.
I. Failure to meet these requirements will result in personal contact from the Tennessee NAM director. Continued failure to comply with rules and guidelines can result in the withholding of the funds with possible termination from the TN Metro program.