Petition Text: 22159-CO-505-D

Understanding Petition Numbers

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Amend ¶ 505:

1. [Delete existing text.] Fulfilling the mission of the church shall be the basis for determining the number of bishops to be elected in each jurisdiction.

2. The number of bishops shall remain as it is at the beginning date of each General Conference unless changed by General Conference upon recommendation of the jurisdictional conference of the jurisdiction affected and the interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy and adopted by the General Conference. (¶ 612).

23. In Central Conferences,...

34. This legislation shall take effect be effective immediately upon adjournment of its adoption by the 1992 1996 General Conference.

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Petition Text: 22159-CO-505-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference