2.(2) administering funds to be used in for base
compensation supplementation in missional support situations, including a
determination, in regular consultation with the Cabinet, of the appointments in
the conference which are to be so designated; and (3)...
3. The commission shall carefully study the needs for additional support in
missional support situations within the conference and the sources of
income, and shall recommend annually to the conference for its action a
schedule of minimum base compensation for all full-time pastors or
those clergy members of the Annual Conference appointed and
less than full-time pastors serving to a local church
such appointments, subject to such rules...
6. ...the schedule of minimum base compensation and base compensation
supplements for the pastors serving missional support
appointments, as adopted by the conference.
8. The Equitable Compensation Fund, secured as described in §6, shall be used to provide each pastor serving a missional support appointment who receives less than the minimum base compensation...provided that no member in good standing who is appointed to a pastoral charge defined as a missional support appointment is denied the minimum base compensation (¶441).
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20591-FA-722-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference