Petition Text: 22552-MN-517-D

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Amend ¶ 517:

Selection and Assignment.--Inasmuch as the district superintendency is an adjunct to extension of the general superintendency, the elders of each Annual Conference bishop shall by a secret ballot and a three-fifths majority of elders present and voting elect appoint elders to serve as district superintendents to be servant-leader members of the Cabinet together with the resident bishop. Unless election occurs earlier, a minimum of three such secret ballots shall be taken, after which balloting may be terminated by a simple majority vote of the elders present and voting. Prior to the assignment or reassignment of each district superintendent each appointment, the bishop shall consult...district to which the new superintendent...and the district (¶¶ 501-502). In case the elders fail to elect district superintendents as provided, the resident bishop may appoint district superintendent(s) ad interim to serve until the subsequent Annual Conference is convened. In the selection of superintendents, bishops shall give due consideration to the inclusiveness of The United Methodist Church with respect to sex, race, national origin, and age except for the provisions of mandatory retirement.

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Petition Text: 22552-MN-517-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference