Petition Text: 20448-DI-745.1-D

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Amend ¶ 745.1:

1. In each Annual Conferences there shall be a provide for the fulfillment of the functions, purposes and responsibilities of the conference Council on Youth Ministry composed of both youth and adults as required by this paragraph and by ¶745.3, by structuring themselves as they deem appropriate. Its purpose shall be to strengthen the youth ministry in the local churches and districts of the Annual Conference. As used in this ¶745 and elsewhere in the Discipline in appropriate context, references to the "conference Council on Youth Ministry," or to the "council," shall be construed and interpreted to refer to the structure provided pursuant to this paragraph, whatever named or titled. When the structure sits as the Council on Youth Ministry, it shall be composed of both youth and adults. For administrative purposes the council shall be related to the Annual Conference Council on Ministries, if the Annual Conference chooses. (See ¶ 1311 for the...)

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Petition Text: 20448-DI-745.1-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference