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| Staff Parish Relation Committee |
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| General Council on Finance and Administration |
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| General Board on Pension and Health Benefits |
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| Global Board of Global Ministry |
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| Conference Council on Finance and Administration |
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| Board of Ordained Ministry |
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Black Methodists for Church Renewal |
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Conference Council on Youth Ministry |
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| United Methodist Youth Fellowship |
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| General Board of Higher Education and Ministry |
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| General Board on Discipleship |
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| General Board on Church and Society |
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| United Methodist Committee on Relief |
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| Ministerial Education Fund |
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| United Methodist Communications |
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| General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns |
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| General Commision on Religion and Race |
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| Commission on the Status and Role of Women |
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| money from the local church to the conference. We are fullfilling the biblical call to put our money in the pot to help those who are not as well off. |
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| Charge/ Church Conference |
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Charge conference is an atleast annual meeting to elect officers and pass budget where only the church council can vote. Church conference is when you bring the whole church together to vote on major decisions (building). This is the ruling body of the church. |
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| Yearly meeting of an entire conference, Bishop presides, elect officers, paaes budget, other business items. Ordination happens here. |
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| Jurisdictional Conference |
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| Electing Bishops... meets every 4 years. There are 5 jurisdictions. |
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Meets every four years. New legislation passed.. church wide |
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| Segregated jurisdiction created in 1939... eliminated in 1968 |
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| Conferences in the rest of the world. 5 or 7 of them. |
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| Rules that cannot ever be changed |
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| expereince, scripture, tradition, reason |
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| 7 areas of giving beyond apportionments |
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| "... to make disciples of Jesus Christ" |
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| lay member who is trained in church leadership |
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| Elected annual conference delegates |
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| Report of the daily going on's of the General Conference |
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| Bringing together of all agencies and moneys to be more effective in the UMC |
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