Voting Procedure

Each church is allowed a certain amount of delegates. The Youth Pastor, Senior Pastor, NYI President, and NYI Council members of a local church DO NOT count towards your allowed delegates.

You will need to have a vote in your church for your delegates. Once they are voted in they will become your NYI Delegation for that year. Delegates can be anyone you consider to be part of your local churches NYI that is above the age of 12 and a member of your local church.

The number of local NYI delegates for each church is determined by the membership figures on the most recent local Pastor’s Report (APR) prior to the District Assembly. District NYI leadership encourages local churches to make suitable arrangements for the expenses of delegates attending the District NYI Convention.

The local NYI delegation to the District NYI Convention for churches with 30 or fewer NYI members consists of:

1. The pastor and youth pastor or any full‑time paid pastoral staff who participate in NYI ministry;

2. The newly-elected local NYI president;

3. Up to four elected delegates, with at least half being within the district-established NYI ministry focus.

4. Local churches may add an additional delegate for each successive 30 local NYI members and/or final major part of those 30 members (i.e., 16–29 members). At least half of any additional delegates must be also within the district-established NYI ministry focus.

* The number of elected delegates from a local NYI does not include ex officio delegates (NYI president, pastor, youth pastor, District NYI Council members from a local church, etc.). So a church with five NYI Members can have 7 delegates. NYI President, Senior Pastor, Youth Pastor, and their 4 allotted delegates.

NYI Numbers are based on the previous year’s APR Reports.

Local Church NYI Numbers

Ex Officio Delegates are:

• Local Senior Pastor

• Local Youth Pastor or full-time pastor who works with the youth at your church

• Local NYI President

• Any District NYI Council member that is part of your local church

At least half of your delegation must fall between the ages of 12-30 years old.

Church

Connection Point

Cup of Water Outreach

Ewa Beach

Family of Faith

First Samoan

Hanapepe

Hilo

Honolulu First

Kahului

Kailua English

Kailua Samoan

Kihei

Kona

Living Stone

Living Waters

Love & Light Ministries

Molokai

Pearl City

Pukalani Community

The Bridge

The Lighthouse

True Freedom

Turning Point

Wahiawa Community

Windward

How do we get Local Church NYI Members

Local NYI membership consists of those who affiliate themselves with an NYI group by participating in its ministries and joining the local group.

1. The local NYI maintains an accurate roster of all active members.

2. The local NYI is accountable to its membership, the local church board, and the pastor.

3. The local NYI reports monthly to the church board and to the annual church meeting.

Please sign up your delegates below. If you do not register your delegates they will not be allowed to vote. Your island rep should be able to help you confirm what delegates have been registered. Your delegates can vote remotely, but must vote during the allotted time.

Ballots will be emailed out to the delegates at convention.