The General Council on Ministries is mandated "to review, with the program agencies, all valid resolutions and positions adopted by the General Conference, and recommend to the General Conference the removal of time-dated materials." (¶ 1006.21, The Book of Discipline 1992)
In accordance with this mandate, during the 1993-96 quadrennium, the General Council on Ministries consulted with the general program-related agencies and conducted a comprehensive review of resolutions in the Book of Resolutions, 1992. Based on this review process, the following resolutions are recommended for deletion:
Resolution Title Page Agency(ies)
The Nurturing Community
1. Circumcision 121 GBCS, GBGM
The Social Community
2. Accessibility of Meeting Places beyond the Local Church 151 GBCS, GBGM
3. Access of Hispanics to Higher Education 151-153 GBHEM
4. An Affirmation of Basic Rural Worth 157-158 GBCS, GBGM
5. Affirmation of Zoar United Methodist Church of
Philadelphia 158-159 GCAH, GBGM
GBCS
6. Affirmative Action Plans and People with Disabilities 161-162 GBCS, GBGM
7. Ban on Alcohol Beverage Advertisements 189 GBCS
8. Barrier-Free Construction for the Handicapped 189-190 GBCS, GBGM
9. Black Church Growth 190 GBOD, GBHEM
10. Celebrate and Support the Ongoing Work of the General
Commission on the Status and Role of Women 192-193 GCOSRW
11. Celebrate and Affirm the Work of General Commission
on Religion and Race 193-194 GCORR
12. Celebrating 100 Years of Lay Education in the Tradition
of Scarritt-Bennett Center 194 GBGM
13. The Church's Response to Changing Rural Issues 204-205 GBCS, GBGM
14. Communications Access for Persons Who Have
Hearing and Sight Impairments 207-208 UMCom
15. Comprehensive Approach to Native American Ministries 209-210 GBHEM
16. Confronting the Drug Crisis 211-215 GBCS, GBGM
17. Declare Zoar United Methodist Church a Primary
Historical Emphasis 219 GCAH
18. Driving Under the Influence 228-229 GBCS
19. Education on Alcohol and Substance Abuse 246-247 GBOD
20. Education Responsibilities Concerning Native American
Cultural Traditions 247-248 GBHEM
21. Enlist and Involve the Youth in the Life of the Church 249-251 GCOM, GCFA, GBOD,GBHEM
22. Full Personhood 255-256 GCOSRW
23. Inclusiveness of the Physically Challenged at All
Conferences 304 GBCS, GBGM
24. Ministries in Social Conflict 312-313 GBCS, GBGM, GBHEM
25. National Convocation on the Ordained Ministry
for Native Americans 320-321 GBHEM
26. Pacific Islanders Included as Racial and Ethnic Minority
Group 339-340 GBCS
27. Recruitment and Development Plan for Local Pastors 361-362 GBHEM
28. Sale and Use of Alcohol and Tobacco on Church
Property 367 GBCS
29. Spanish Language Hymnal 370 GBOD
30. Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century 376-377 GCOM
31. Support to Strengthen Ethnic Minority Local Church 383-384 GCOM, GBCS
32. To Love the Sojourner 384-385 GBCS, GBGM
33. Vision Interfaith Satellite Network 399-400 UMCom
The Economic Community
34. Appalachian Challenge 401 GBGM
35. Nuclear Weapons Production at the General Electric Company 433-434 GBCS, GBHEM
The Political Community
36. Concerning the Draft in the United States 490-492 GBCS
37. Human Rights 506-507 GCCUIC, GBCS
38. Juvenile Justice 511 GBGM, GBCS, GBHEM
39. Literacy, The Right to Learn: A Basic Human Right 512-516 GCCUIC, GBCS, GBGM
40. Public Education in the United States 527-528 GBCS
41. Use of Church Facilities for Operating Private Schools 540 GCORR
The World Community
42. The Arab-Israeli Conflict 542-547 GCCUIC, GBCS, GBGM
43. Bishops' Call for Peace and the Self-Development of Peoples 547-554 COB
44. Boycott of Royal Dutch/Shell 555-557 GBCS, GCCUIC
45. Christian Faith and Disarmament 561-564 GBCS, GCCUIC
46. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 568-570 GBCS
47. Concern for El Salvador 570 GBCS
48. The Current Arab-Israeli Crisis 571-573 GBCS, GCCUIC
49. The Global Nature of The United Methodist Church 579-580 GCCUIC
50. Nuclear Disarmament: The Zero Option 600-604 GBCS
51. Persons Missing in Action 629 GBCS
52. The Philippines 629-632 GBCS, GCCUIC
53. Southern Africa 636 GBCS, GBGM, GCFA, GCCUIC GBOPHB,
54. Support and Concern to Mozambique 641-643 GBCS, GBGM, GCCUIC
55. On the United Nations 650-651 GCCUIC, GBCS, GBGM
56. Web of Apartheid, South Africa and the Destabilization
of Its Neighbors 658-662 GBCS, GBGM
Other Resolutions
57. A New Beginning 666 GBCS, GBGM
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 21683-GJ-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference