Petition Text: 22562-FA-NonDis-O

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The Administrative Board of First United Methodist Church, Niceville, Florida, hereby petitions the 1996 General Conference to call for a restructuring of the language and spirit of the World Service and Conference Benevolence apportionment as contained in the present Discipline to allow local churches to choose causes they will support.

Although our church pays this apportionment in full, many congregations withhold payment as a means of protest against some boards and agencies of the Church that receive funding from this apportionment.

We believe that if churches were able to choose where their money would go, many that are currently not paying anything would choose to pay part of the asking, and total dollar support would increase.

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Petition Text: 22562-FA-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference