¶ 820. The
Temporary General Aid Fund--The council shall recommend to the General
Conference, either as a separate apportioned general fund or as a part of
another apportioned general fund, the sum that the Church shall undertake for
the purpose of providing grants-in-aid for pensions and minimum salaries to
those annual and missionary conferences that qualify under a formula adopted by
the General Conference. The purpose of this fund is to assist in raising the
level of pensions and minimum salaries in conferences that have merged with
conferences of the former Central Jurisdiction. In consultation with the General
Commission on Religion and Race, the pension portion of this fund is to be
administered by the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits, and the
minimum salary portion by the council (see ¶ 2008.16). The
distribution of fund receipts is to be made by the council in accordance with
formulas approved by the General Conference.