656. Any missionary conference or mission established under the provisions of the Discipline may be constituted as a provisional annual conference by the General Conference in consultation with the central conference, provisional central conference, or jurisdictional conference within which the missionary conference or mission is located; provided that
1. no provisional annual conference shall be organized with fewer than ten clergy members, or be continued with fewer than six clergy members;
2. the total financial support from the General Board of Global Ministries, including the Advance, shall not exceed an appropriate percentage as determined in consultation with the division to which the conference relates;
3. the membership and contributions of the conference have shown a reasonable increase during the previous quadrennium and give evidence of an aggressive program for continued progress in both areas.
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PETS Creator: John Brawn
1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 656
1996 United Methodist General Conference