There may be in each Annual Conference a conference Commission on the Small Membership Church. The responsibilities of a Commission on the Small Membership Church may be assigned to an existing or newly created multifunctional agency of the Conference Council that cares for the functions of support, nurture and growth of small membership churches and their relationships to the Conference, districts, and other local churches.
1. The responsibility of this commission shall include be in
harmony with the responsibility of the general commission, with the
following objectives...
2. ...Among the basic members of the commission shall
may be representatives of small membership churches from each district.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20090-IC-742-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference