The basic organizational plan for the local church shall include provision for
the following units: a Charge Conference, an Administrative
a Church Council or Administrative Board and Council on
Ministries, a Committee on Pastor-Parish Relations,...Every local
church shall choose develop a plan for organizing its
administrative and programmatic responsibilities. Each local congregation
shall provide a comprehensive program of nurture, outreach, and witness, along
with the planning and administration of the congregation's organizational and
temporal life.
1. [Delete existing text.] The Church Council and all other administrative and programmatic structures of the local church shall be amenable to the Charge Conference (see ¶247).
2. [Delete existing text.] The pastor shall be the chief administrative officer of the local church and charge and shall be a member of the Charge Conference and an ex-officio member (with vote) of all boards, councils, commissions, committees, and task forces elected or appointed in the church/ charge, except as otherwise provided by the Discipline.
3. [Delete.]
4. [Delete.]
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20696-LC-245-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference