Trustees
Trustees in the African Methodist Episcopal Church have the responsibility of all church property. This includes management, maintenance, development, and use of property under the direction of the church's Official Board for the support of the programs approved by the congregation.
Committees and Requirements
To enable the Trustee Board to function more efficiently, committees can be established to accomplish different tasks.
Housing committee - address all concerns relating to the parsonage.
Building and grounds committee -maintenance and upkeep of the church and any other real property owned by the church.
Personal property of the parsonage and church - routinely inventory all personal property owned by the church.
Insurance - responsible for annual review of all insurance for all property (personal/real).
Trustee Requirements:
Must be a member of good standing of no less than 6 months and a member of the AME Church for no less than 2 years
Must be nominated and elected
Must be at least 18 years of age
Must be trained in the duties and responsibilities of the Board of Trustees of the local church prior to the following Quarterly Conference
General Responsibilities
The Trustees shall manage all temporal concerns of the church not otherwise provided for and have a treasurer elected by the Board.
Trustee shall guard for the Connection all real estate, churches, parsonages, schools, and any other property obtained by the local church.
They shall make improvements upon the property or real estate when authorized to do so by a majority of legal members of the church.
Trustees shall secure, by purchase or hire, a house for the Pastor’s family and comfortably furnish it. In lieu of this arrangement, the pastor may be given a housing allowance.
They shall pay the moving expenses of the Pastor and family from their previous assignment.
All descriptions regarding the Trustees are a part of our AME literature. These references come from The Doctrine and Discipline of the AME Church, 2012, pages 64-65.