Petition Text: 20612-GJ-803-D

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Amend ¶803:

1. [Third sentence] These councils are tThe General Council on Finance and Administration is a general council and the General Council on Ministries.

4. [Last sentence] The General Council on Ministries Council of Bishops shall provide for coordination with and among the study committees except where General Conference otherwise designates.

5. [Second sentence] These agencies are amenable to the General Conference and between sessions of the General Conference are accountable to the General Council on Ministries Council of Bishops: the General Board of Church and Society,....

6. [Last sentence] ...which also carry program-related responsibilities for which they are accountable to the General Council on Ministries Council of Bishops.

11. Program.--A program is an ongoing or special activity designed and implemented to fulfill a basic Disciplinary responsibility of a general agency accountable to the General Council on Ministries Council of Bishops.

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Petition Text: 20612-GJ-803-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference