Each district of an Annual Conference may organize a district Council on Ministries or alternate structure hereafter referred to as district Council.
1. Purpose.----The purpose of the district Council on
Ministries shall be...the Annual Conference Council on Ministries
or alternate structure, and the general agencies...and to help the
Annual Conference Council on Ministries or alternate structure in the
performance of its functions.
2. Membership.---Each Annual Conference may determine the membership and
the method of election of its district Councils on
Ministries...It is recommended that a member of the Annual Conference
Council on Ministries staff be included as a resource person in each district
Council on Ministries...The Annual Conference may ask the
District Conferences (¶749) to elect the membership of the district
Council on Ministries.
3. Officers.----The officers of the district Council on
Ministries shall be the chairperson...The district superintendent
shall have executive oversight responsibility for the work of the district
Council on Ministries.
4. Responsibilities.----The responsibilities of the district Council on
Ministries may be determined by the Annual Conference or the district
Council on Ministries.
i) To relate the Annual Conference Council on Ministries or alternate structure and its staff...
j) To make program and other recommendations to the Annual Conference Council on Ministries or alternate structure.
n) To elect the lay representative(s) from the district to membership on
the Annual Conference Council on Ministries or alternate structure when
requested by the Annual Conference Council on Ministries
that group.
o) ...who shall serve on the district Council on
Ministries and chair the district...
q) [2nd paragraph] The district Councils on Ministries
in an Annual Conference shall cooperate with the Annual Conference Council on
Ministries or alternate structure so that...the Annual Conference
Council on Ministries or alternate structure may require...
[Third paragraph] The district Council on Ministries may
appoint a district coordinator of communications to work in cooperation with
the district and conference Councils on Ministries and with
the conference Committee on Communication, if organized. The district Council
on Ministries may create....
5. Finances.----Each Annual Conference shall determine the method by
which its district Councils on Ministries shall be financed.
It is recommended that an amount for the general operating expense of the
district Councils on Ministries be included...through the
budget of the Annual Council on Ministries or alternate structure or the
appropriate...
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20069-CO-752-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference