Petition Text: 22424-IC-2201-D
Understanding Petition Numbers
The General Commission on the Status and Role of Women
(GCSRW) fulfills a unique and essential role in our Church. It is not a program
agency but is, rather, charged "to challenge The United Methodist Church...to a
continuing commitment to the full and equal responsibility and participation of
women in the total life and mission of the Church, sharing fully in the power
and in the policy making at all levels of the Church's life" (¶ 2202). It
serves a monitoring function that requires that it have a status independent of
other agencies.
It is clear that while progress has been made, sexism is still a potent force
in the society and the church.
For the above reasons, we urge that all efforts to abolish GCSRW or to combine
and merge it with another agency be defeated and that GCSRW be affirmed in its
present form and responsibilities.
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Petition Text: 22424-IC-2201-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference