1718. Subject to the provisions of 1714 and to the continuing control and direction of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church as set forth from time to time in the Discipline, the board is authorized and empowered to cause the operations of The United Methodist Publishing House to be carried on and the objectives defined in 1713 to be achieved in such manner, through or by means of such agencies or instrumentalities, and by use of such procedures as the board may from time to time determine to be necessary, advisable, or appropriate, with full power and authority in the premises to take all such action and to do all such other acts and things as may be required or found to be advisable. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the board is authorized and empowered, for the purposes of this section:
1. To use, manage, operate, and otherwise utilize all property and assets of every kind, character, and description of any corporation(s) created by the board pursuant to 1709.2--as well as all income from such property and assets and the avails thereof, all with liability or obligation to account for such property and assets, the use thereof, the income therefrom, and avails thereof, only to the General Conference of The United Methodist Church or as it shall direct.
2. To cause a corporation(s) created by the board pursuant to 1709.2 to take all such action and to do all such things as the board may deem necessary or advisable to carry out the intent and purposes of this paragraph. The governing body of said corporation(s) from time to time shall take all action which the board deems necessary or advisable to carry out the intent and purposes of this paragraph. The board shall cause all legal obligations of said corporation(s) to be met, fulfilled, and performed.
3. To continue to exercise the powers and administer the duties and responsibilities conferred on it as an agency of The United Methodist Church through the corporation named The United Methodist Publishing House, incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois in accord with authority delegated to it by the General Conference of 1952, or through such other means and agencies as it may from time to time determine to be expedient and necessary in order to give full effect to the purposes expressed in this section.57
57See Judicial Council Decision 330.
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 1718
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