Section VIII. Mission
663. Definition--A Mission is an administrative body for a field of work inside or outside the structures of any annual conference, provisional annual conference, or missionary conference, which is under the care of the General Board of Global Ministries and exercises in a general way the functions of a district conference.
The purpose of a mission is to provide ministry with a particular group or region whose needs cannot be fully met with the existing structures and resources of the annual conference(s). It may also be the initial stage in moving toward the formation of a provisional or missionary conference.
The establishment of a mission may involve special considerations in areas of leadership, language resources, and/or property.
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PETS Creator: John Brawn
1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 663
1996 United Methodist General Conference