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General Conference (the almost 1000 delegates) what action should be taken on the legislation. No action is final until taken by the General Conference in plenary session.
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This committee shall receive all petitions and resolutions relating to the work and concerns of the
Council on Finance and Administration, the Board of Pension and Health Benefits, and the United Methodist Publishing House. The budget and recommendations prepared by the General Council on Finance and
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This committee shall receive all petitions and resolutions relating to commissions and ecumenical concerns. The commissions include
Archives and History, Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, Communications, Religion and Race, the Status and Role of Women, and United Methodist Men. Ecumenical
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General Conference shall be the same as those who are credentialed in paragraph 63 of the Discipline, and the annual conference and quadrennial conference business may be conducted concurrently. The general conference shall commence with the opening call to order, and final
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Connectional Table shall be referred to this committee. The report of the Connectional Table shall be submitted to this committee for study and review. After the Connectional Table presents its report to the General Conference for
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Methodist Church. Each general conference shall consist of at least one annual conference or may, when necessary, make alternative provision for caring for annual conference functions as provided for in ¶220.2."
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Society and the Social Principles, with the exception of paragraphs in The Book of Discipline dealing with the nurturing community and the social community.
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Administration shall be submitted to this committee for study and review. Thereafter, when the
General Council on Finance and Administration presents its report to the General Conference for action, the committee shall present its recommendations and may propose amendments.
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This committee will receive all petitions and resolutions relating to the organization of the local church and its membership, programs, boards, councils, commissions and committees. The committee will also consider petitions relating to local church property.
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Division of Chaplaincy and Related Ministries of the Board of Higher Education and Ministry shall be referred to this committee.
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Petitions and resolutions relating to the work and concerns of superintendents shall be referred to this committee. In addition, a
Commission on Central Conference Affairs will handle legislative proposals affecting central conferences.
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concerns relate to the denomination's membership in or relationship with the World Methodist Council, the National Council of Churches, other councils and consultations of churches, and the American Bible Society.
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