In each Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church there shall be a conference Council on Ministries or alternate structure hereafter referred to as Conference Council; provided that....
1. Purpose.----The purpose of the Annual Conference
Council on Ministries, as part of the total mission of the
church, is to facilitate the Church's program life in the Annual Conference.
The Conference council's task....
2. Membership.----The membership of the Annual
Conference Council on Ministries shall may consist of
the presiding bishop;...two representatives of the conference United Methodist
Women, one of whom shall may be the president; two
representatives of the conference United Methodist Men, one of whom
shall may be the president;....
The person or persons serving as members of the General Council on Ministries
shall may be member(s) of the Annual
Conference Council on Ministries as full voting member(s).
The following shall may be members of the council
without vote....
3. Officers.----The officers of the council shall
may be a chairperson....
4. [2nd paragraph] The executive committee may also serve as the Personnel
Committee of the cConference Council on
Ministries.
5. Committees, Task Forces, and Consultations.----The council shall appoint or elect a Committee on Ethnic Local Church Concerns or alternate structure. In addition, the council may appoint or elect a Committee on Communication,...It may appoint or elect such other committees,...
a) Committee on Ethnic Local Church Concerns.----There shall be
organized in each Annual Conference a Committee on Ethnic Local Church Concerns
or alternate structure. The responsibilities of Committee on Ethnic Local
Church Concerns may be assigned to an existing or newly created multifunctional
agency of the Council that cares for the functions of and the connectional
relationships of Ethnic Local Church Concerns, conference, districts, and local
churches. It shall relate to...The committee shall have representation on
the Conference Council on Ministries. It shall develop
criteria for use in evaluating racial/ethnic projects and programs within the
conference and in reporting on its work to the Conference Council
on Ministries...It shall may also
include a cabinet representative. The committee's findings will be referred to
the appropriate conference Commission on Religion and
Race group responsible for racial and ethnic inclusiveness. It
will cooperate with the Commission on Religion and Race
appropriate group in its efforts...
b) Committee on Communication.----In each Annual
Conference Council on Ministries, chosen by it...
e) [Second sentence] The committee shall may
consist of...Members of the General Board of Publication shall
may be members ex officio. The committee chairperson shall be a member
of the cConference Council on
Ministries...
7.b)(1) To serve as the executive officer of the Annual
Conference Council on Ministries.
(4) To serve as a resource person for district programs and the Annual
Conference Council on Ministries program
agencies...
(5) To supervise the Annual Conference Council
on Ministries staff members.
(6) To serve on other Annual Conference agencies as determined by the Annual
Conference, and/or by the cConference Council
on Ministries.
8. Staff.----All Annual Conference
cCouncil staff may be employed by, directed by, and
amenable to the Annual Conference Council on
Ministries.
9.a) Between sessions of the Annual Conference, all Annual Conference
program agencies shall cooperate with and be amenable to the Conference
Council on Ministries of the Annual Conference in matters...
10. Responsibilities.----The responsibilities of the
Annual Conference Council on Ministries are:...
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20067-CO-726-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference