Petition Text: 21683-GJ-NonDis-O

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Mandate

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

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Petition Text: 21683-GJ-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference