With whom does the state overseer work to authorize exhorters to pastor, baptize, and receive members when such authority is necessary?

• A. District Overseer
• B. State Council
• C. State Music Board
• D. State World Missions Board

Answer: (A)

The key idea here is that pastoral authority for exhorters comes through collaboration between the state level and the district level, with the district overseer handling the local, day-to-day authorization and the state overseer providing the necessary oversight and approval. In this arrangement, the district overseer is the one who works directly with the state overseer to authorize exhorters to pastor, baptize, and receive members when such authority is required. The other bodies mentioned—the state council, the state music board, and the state world missions board—do not handle this kind of credentialing or sacramental authority; they deal with governance at a broader level, worship/music matters, or mission work, respectively.