1996 Book of Discipline: Paragraph 31| General Conference 2000

¶ 31. Article II.--The annual conference is the basic body in the Church and as such shall have reserved to it the right to vote on all constitutional amendments, on the election of clergy^53a and lay delegates to the General and the jurisdictional or central conferences, on all matters relating to the character and conference relations of its clergy members, and on the ordination of clergy and such other rights as have not been delegated to the General Conference under the Constitution, with the exception that the lay members may not vote on matters of ordination, character, and conference relations of clergy. It shall discharge such duties and exercise such powers as the General Conference under the Constitution may determine.⁵⁴



	1996 Discipline ¶ 31
	¶ 31. Article II.--The annual conference is the basic body in the Church and as such shall have reserved to it the right to vote on all constitutional amendments, on the election of clergy^53a and lay delegates to the General and the jurisdictional or central conferences, on all matters relating to the character and conference relations of its clergy members, and on the ordination of clergy and such other rights as have not been delegated to the General Conference under the Constitution, with the exception that the lay members may not vote on matters of ordination, character, and conference relations of clergy. It shall discharge such duties and exercise such powers as the General Conference under the Constitution may determine.⁵⁴ `[FTN] 53a. Amended 1992.` `[FTN] 54. See Judicial Council Decisions 78, 79, 132, 405, 406, 415, 524, 532, 534, 552, 584, 690, 742, 782.`
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1996 Discipline ¶ 31