e/District Superintendent (Methodism)

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has gloss	eng: A District Superintendent, often abbreviated D.S., in the United Methodist Church is a clergyperson (specifically Elder) who serves in a supervisory position over a geographic District of churches (varying in size) providing spiritual and administrative leadership to those churches and their pastors. According to the Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, District Superintendents were once called Presiding Elders in United Methodist Churches, and still are in other Methodist denominations. The term of office for a district superintendent usually is up to six years but he may serve eight consective years. She or he may serve no more than eight years in any consective eleven years and no more than fourteen years in his lifetime. History and Task
lexicalization	eng: District Superintendent
instance of	c/Wesleyan/Methodist ecclesiastical offices