Petition Text: 20455-GM-731.5-D

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Amend ¶731.5:

5. The Annual Conferences or the Conference Councils on Ministries, shall provide for the fulfillment of the purposes, duties and responsibilities assigned by this paragraph to establish a Committee on Parish and Community Development or assign this responsibility to an existing agency in the Annual Conference that by structuring themselves as they deem appropriate. The structure may be assigned other duties and responsibilities, and may have membership in common with other structures. The structure will fulfill the responsibilities related to the objectives and scope of the National Division, General Board of Global Ministries (¶1414). References in this ¶731.5 and elsewhere in the Discipline to "the committee," and to subcommittees, in appropriate context, shall be interpreted to refer to the structure provided pursuant to this paragraph, whatever called or named. The purpose of the structure committee shall is to initiate and develop programs with institutional and voluntary ministries related to the National Division, Church and Community Ministry, Congregational Development, Town and Country Ministries, Urban Ministries, churches with small membership, and other concerns as desired. The committee may form subcommittees for these areas. The committee shall be accountable to the conference Board of Global Ministries, or to such other agency as the conference may determine. The chairperson of the committee and the chairpersons of the subcommittees shall be members of the conference Board of Global Ministries or such body to which the committee shall be amenable.

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Petition Text: 20455-GM-731.5-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference