1996 Book of Discipline: Paragraph 1102| General Conference 2000

¶ 1102. Responsibilities--All the responsibilities assigned to the units within the board shall be considered to be the responsibilities of the board. In addition to these, the board shall have authority to:

1. Provide for special publications directed toward the local church nurture, outreach, witness ministries, age-level and family ministries, ministry group representatives, the ministry group chairpersons, the pastor, and the other local church officers for whom the board has primary responsibility.

2. Manage and produce The Upper Room daily devotional guide and a wide range of other resources to help people grow in their relationship with God.

3. Provide systems of resources and support to users of resources that will assist people in the historic disciplines of the Church, i.e., Christian education, evangelism, lay ministries, spiritual growth, stewardship, and worship. These resources will address ministry concerns across children, youth, and adult ages and family groupings and across programmatic and administrative functions of the congregation in order to improve ministry and the quality of Christian leadership for the future ministry of the Church.

4. Develop and provide resources, training, and consultation for pastors of congregations. These resources will focus on equipping pastors for their spiritual and visioning leadership role with their congregations.

5. Develop and provide resources, training, and consultation for pastors and congregational leaders as they enhance and evaluate the ministries of the laity and initiate new forms of ministry.

6. Provide resources and training that will assist leaders to improve the quality and effectiveness of the ministries of the congregations and annual conferences.

7. Plan and administer comprehensive children's and youth ministries; enable and strengthen the ministry with and to children and youth at all levels of the Church.

8. Provide representation in ecumenical and interdenominational agencies as they relate to the work of the board.

9. Respond to requests and needs for ministries throughout the world, in consultation with conferences and appropriate agencies.

10. Engage in research, experimentation, innovation, and the testing and evaluation of programs, resources, and methods to discover more effective ways to help persons achieve the purpose set forth in ¶ 1101. This responsibility will include authority for experimentation and research in all areas of ministry assigned to the General Board of Discipleship and will encourage cooperation with other agencies in the conduct of such research and experimentation. This research and experimentation may be assigned to appropriate units within the board.

11. Ensure that ethnic local church concerns shall be an integral part of the total life of the board, providing guidance, resourcing, and training so that these concerns are incorporated in all areas of discipleship in the local church.



	1996 Discipline ¶ 1102
	`¶ 1102. Responsibilities--All the responsibilities assigned to the units within the board shall be considered to be the responsibilities of the board. In addition to these, the board shall have authority to:` `1. Provide for special publications directed toward the local church nurture, outreach, witness ministries, age-level and family ministries, ministry group representatives, the ministry group chairpersons, the pastor, and the other local church officers for whom the board has primary responsibility.` `2. Manage and produce The Upper Room daily devotional guide and a wide range of other resources to help people grow in their relationship with God.` 3. Provide systems of resources and support to users of resources that will assist people in the historic disciplines of the Church, i.e., Christian education, evangelism, lay ministries, spiritual growth, stewardship, and worship. These resources will address ministry concerns across children, youth, and adult ages and family groupings and across programmatic and administrative functions of the congregation in order to improve ministry and the quality of Christian leadership for the future ministry of the Church. `4. Develop and provide resources, training, and consultation for pastors of congregations. These resources will focus on equipping pastors for their spiritual and visioning leadership role with their congregations.` `5. Develop and provide resources, training, and consultation for pastors and congregational leaders as they enhance and evaluate the ministries of the laity and initiate new forms of ministry.` `6. Provide resources and training that will assist leaders to improve the quality and effectiveness of the ministries of the congregations and annual conferences.` `7. Plan and administer comprehensive children's and youth ministries; enable and strengthen the ministry with and to children and youth at all levels of the Church.` `8. Provide representation in ecumenical and interdenominational agencies as they relate to the work of the board.` `9. Respond to requests and needs for ministries throughout the world, in consultation with conferences and appropriate agencies.` 10. Engage in research, experimentation, innovation, and the testing and evaluation of programs, resources, and methods to discover more effective ways to help persons achieve the purpose set forth in ¶ 1101. This responsibility will include authority for experimentation and research in all areas of ministry assigned to the General Board of Discipleship and will encourage cooperation with other agencies in the conduct of such research and experimentation. This research and experimentation may be assigned to appropriate units within the board. `11. Ensure that ethnic local church concerns shall be an integral part of the total life of the board, providing guidance, resourcing, and training so that these concerns are incorporated in all areas of discipleship in the local church.`
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1996 Discipline ¶ 1102