Petition Text: 22257-FA-NonDis-O

We petition the 1996 General Conference for voluntary apportionments instead of the set mandatory apportionments. The fact remains that total monies are given through each local church; therefore, the local church should indeed have every right to decide how that money is spent. Each local church would then become accountable for the way in which God's money is spent and would be free to choose which agencies to support and how much support to send.

The Scripture of 2 Corinthians 9:7 tells us that God loves a cheerful giver; he does not demand that we give or that we give a specified amount but leaves that choice to each individual person.

We realize that by joining with other Christians to do God's work, we increase Christian unity and help his kingdom grow; but The United Methodist Church should not demand how much each church gives.

We therefore petition the General Conference to restructure the apportionment schedule.

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Petition Text: 22257-FA-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference