1465. The response of the United Methodist Committee on Relief in the United States shall include only the meeting of human needs growing out of natural or civil disaster. This response shall be made at the request of the appropriate body of The United Methodist Church. Repair and reconstruction of local Church property and other Church-related property shall be included in the funding response of the United Methodist Committee on Relief only when such response has been included in the appeal made for funds or the Advance special gifts made for this purpose. When this condition has been met, the United Methodist Committee on Relief shall respond in cooperation with the National Division as follows:
1. United Methodist Committee on Relief, in consultation with conference disaster response coordinators, bishops, and district superintendents, shall identify specific locations where local Church property and church-related properties have suffered damage.
2. This information shall be relayed to the National Division, which shall contact the conference disaster response coordinator to arrange an onsite visit to evaluate damages and initiate an ongoing consultative process.
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 1465
1996 United Methodist General Conference