1. Annual Conferences shall provide for performance of the functions and for the General Conference connections of all boards and agencies provided by the Discipline through the use of ways, structures, and organizations that each Annual Conference determines to be appropriate, except in instances in which the Discipline makes a certain structure mandatory. The structures or organizations provided are hereinafter sometimes called the "structure," for convenience, without intending to limit the number of structures or organizations provided by the Annual Conferences. Unless a structure is mandated by provisions of the Discipline, no specific form of structure is required.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20429-CO-707.1-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference