Petition Text: 22933-MN-316-D

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Renumber proposed new ¶ 316 in the Study on the Ministry, pages 996-7, as ¶ 320; insert as an introduction to renumbered Section V. The Ordained Deacon; and amend:

[Second sentence] Deacons fulfill servant ministry in the world and relate lead the Church in relating the gathered life of Christians to their ministry ministries in the world, interrelating the altar to the marketplace worship in the gathered community with service to God in the world. Deacons...in the congregation's mission to the world and in leading the congregation in interpreting the needs, concerns, and hopes of the world to the congregation.

[Delete the third and fourth paragraphs.]

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Petition Text: 22933-MN-316-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference