Petition Text: 20743-MN-733.1-D

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Amend ¶733.1:

1. Each Annual Conference at the first session following the General Conference shall elect for a term of four years a Board of Ordained Ministry, consisting of not fewer than six ordained ministers nine members, and two thirds of the members shall be ordained clergy members of the Annual Conference in full connection. Each Annual Conference shall elect two lay persons and may at its discretion elect further lay members, up to one third of the membership of the board. Lay members shall have a vote except on matters prohibited by ¶36, Article 2, in the Constitution. One third of the members shall be lay persons who are members of The United Methodist Church and resident in the geographical area of the Annual Conference. Lay members shall have voice and vote on all matters before the board. An ordained minister...

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Petition Text: 20743-MN-733.1-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference