Petition Index: 31501- 31550

Select a petition number for details on that petition. See Understanding Petition Numbers for help with petition coding.

31501-HE-417-D	Elders elect DS by secret ballot & 3/5 vote count
31502-HE-418-D	DS term extension shall be by re-election
31503-HE-427.3-D	Council of Bishops' meetings shall conform to para 721
31504-FA-NonDis-O	Exempt from pension build-up P.R.Methodish Church pastors entering into plan after 1/2/2001
31505-FA-NonDis-O	Extend for one quadrennium pension build-up of P.R.Meth.Ch pastors in theplan on 12/31/92
31506-CO-30-C	Clarify boundaries for deaconess appointments
31507-LC-258.2-D	New model for youth empowerment
31508-CO-502.3-D	Every AC shall elect one youth delegate to GC
31509-CO-502.3-D	Sec'ty of GC can adjust numbers of delegates to be elected to GC
31510-CO-502-D	Membership of GC
31511-CO-513-D	Jurisdictional conf. shall have twice the number of GC members
31512-CO-505-D	GC shall have decisive vote system
31513-CO-507-D	Changes in church law should take effect as soon as possible
31514-CO-508-D	Make BoD free on the official web site
31515-CO-509-D	Gen'l church agency shall be disciplined if it makes statements contrary to BoD
31516-CO-509-D	Morally binding guidelines for action on resolutions
31517-CO-410.2-D	Retired bishop is a member of the annual conf. where membership was last held
31518-CO-510.2-D	Eight-year expiration for resolutions
31519-IC-530.1-D	Change may to shall be a jurisdictional comm. on archives and history
31520-CC-552.3-D	Authorize future concordats w/other Methodist churches
31521-CC-552.4-D	Concordat agreements and voting
31522-CO-555.1-D	Need 20 clergy members to become provisional conference
31523-CO-602.4-D	Change "charge" to "church"
31524-CO-602.5-D	Change "charge" to "church"
31525-LC-253.2-D	Change "charge" to "church"
31526-CO-603-D	Clergy session only body to vote on ordination, character and conf. relations of clergy
31527-CO-605.6-D	Clergy session may be attended by AC members w/o vote but w/voice
31528-CO-605.6-D	Allow all AC members to attend and speak at clergy session w/o vote
31529-CO-606.9-D	Allow individuals to see their records and add to it
31530-FA-620-D	AC may give authority to itself to determine equitable salary system for all its clergy
31531-GM-631.3-D	There shall be a conference sec'ty of global ministries
31532-HE-633-D	Two-thirds of ordained members shall be seminary graduates
31533-HE-633.1-D	Open nominations for personnel agencies to the floor
31534-HE-633.2-D	BoM visit seminaries annually to both maintain contact and recruit
31535-HE-633-D$	BoM shall give a written response to candidates who were rejected
31536-HE-635-D	AC episcopacy committee shall evaluate bishop using same tool used to evaluate pastors
31537-FA-637-D	AC board of pensions shall include at least one retired clergy
31538-HE-659-D	Elder on DCOM shouldn't review a candidate from her/his charge
31539-HE-659-D	DCOM shall evaluate DS annually using the same tool used to evaluate pastors
31540-FO-R694-U	Biblical language
31541-GJ-705-D	Limits gen'l agency board membership to 40
31542-GJ-710.3-D	Limit gen'l agency board membership term to three consecutive terms
31543-GJ-721-D	All meetings shall be open
31544-GJ-721-D	Judicial Council and Council of Bishops meetings shall be open
31545-FA-805.1-D	GCFA should have central conf. representative
31546-FA-805.4-D	Delete 804.4b-c-d-e
31547-FA-806.12-D	Continue study and dialogue about homosexuality
31548-FA-806-D	GCFA shall hold down meeting costs as part of good stewardship
31549-FA-806.14-D	Keep funds from UM entities that re-interpret the historicity of Jesus
31550-FA-811.5-D	Local church can redirect apportionments to other UM related ministries

 

 

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