Petition Text: 22284-GM-NonDis-O

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Whereas, the five regional rural life centers--the Center for Town and Rural Ministries, the Gulfside Assembly, the Heartland Network for Town and Rural Ministries, the Hinton Rural Life Center, and the Western Small Church/Rural Life Center--have provided vital leadership and resources to the entire Church; and

Whereas, regional centers have provided significant training for district superintendents, council directors, pastors and laity, small membership churches, Committees on Parish and Community Development, and others; and

Whereas, the demand for training, resourcing, and networking continues to expand; and

Whereas, the regional centers have helped create vital cooperative ministries, including cooperative parishes, have empowered churches to renew a vision for ministry in their local communities, and have provided networking among district superintendents and council directors across conference and jurisdictional boundaries;

Therefore, be it resolved, that all regional rural life centers be affirmed and receive continued support from the General Board of Global Ministries, jurisdictional and annual conferences, and local churches.

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Petition Text: 22284-GM-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference