Petition Text: 22809-IC-NonDis-O

The relationship that the Discipline (¶ 740) invites the cabinet and conference Board of Ordained Ministry to have with the conference Commission on Religion and Race does not occur. There should be an ongoing functional relationship between these entities, especially in places like the West Michigan Conference that do not have ethnic representation on the cabinet. My interpretation of this paragraph is that it seeks to ensure that the issues of racial equity will remain before the Board of Ordained Ministry and the cabinet. I do not feel, as chair of the conference Commission on Religion and Race, that either entity has exercised an interest in building an internal structure that would reflect the intent of this paragraph, at least not in the West Michigan Conference.

Therefore, I am requesting that at least once a year, the cabinet and the conference Board of Ordained Ministry meet with the conference Commission on Religion and Race to discuss issues pertinent to the ethnic minority churches, clergy, and laity.

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Petition Text: 22809-IC-NonDis-O
1996 United Methodist General Conference