Petition Text: 20845-MN-503-D

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Amend the second sentence of ¶ 503:

Bishops are elected and district superintendents are appointed from the group of elders who are ordained to be ministers of Word, Sacrament, and Order and thereby Bishops and superintendents are elected by the General Conference, while superintendents are nominated from within each district and elected by the annual conference. Once elected, superintendents shall be appointed to serve in their assigned districts and shall be responsible to the churches of those districts. The primary agency for relating them to their districts and holding them accountable in love shall be the district leadership committee, or an equivalent group to be elected at district conference. Both bishops and superintendents participate in the ministry of Christ,...

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Petition Text: 20845-MN-503-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference