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General Conference 2008

 

Instructional & Devotional Resources

Introduction to General Conference

General Conference is the Church's top legislative event. Introduction to General Conference illustrates how this legislative event fits into our connectional system and how the meeting itself works.

Anyone interested in how General Conference works -- whether first-time delegate or veteran church observer --will find this online presentation informative and enlightening.

Watch the presentation

Devotional Guide
Download A Future With Hope Devotional Guide for Delegates (pdf)

 

GBOD Reports

General Agency Reports
Report of the General Board of Discipleship, 2005-2008 (pdf)
Executive Summary - GBOD Legislation to the 2008 General Conference
(download pdf version)
 
Music Study Reports
GBOD/UMPH Music Study - Summary Report (pdf)
GBOD/UMPH Music Study, 2004-2007

GBOD Petitions
(All links are to pdf documents)

Book of Discipline
New
Revisions to Discipline
Africana Hymnal Study Role of Conference Board of Ordained Ministry to Report Roster of Certified Lay Minister:
¶634
United Methodist Hymnal for the United States of America Role of District Committee on Ordained Ministry to Report Roster of Certified Lay Minister:
¶663.10
Ministry of the Laity The Ritual Actions in the Ordination of Deacons:
¶330.6
  The Ritual Actions in the Ordination of Elders:
¶333.3
  Guaranteed Appointment:
¶334.2-.3
  Receiving Members from Other Churches: 225
  Membership Vows:
¶217.5-.6
  Committee on Older Adult Ministries of The United Methodist Church:
¶1121
  Credentialing and Conference Relationship When Transferring From One Conference to Another:
¶309.3
  Bishops Shall Use the Ordinal Approved by General Conference Discipline:
¶415.6
  Ongoing Ministry Study:
¶1406
Book of Resolutions
New
Revisions to Book of Resolutions
A Commitment to Unity in Mission and Ministry Childcare and the Church:
63
The United Methodist Church and the Charismatic Movement Support Chrysalis at All Levels of the Church: 38
Lay Responsibility for Growth of the Church Guidelines for Ministering to Mormons Who Seek to Become United Methodists:
16
Report of the Study of Ministry Commission Annual Conference Strategic, Comprehensive Plans for Hispanic/Latino-Latina Ministries: 29
Native American Comprehensive Plan Continuing Legislation for the 2009-2012 Quadrennium Support the Walk to Emmaus at All Levels of the Church
39
Older Adult Recognition Day  
Adoption of Services for the Ordering of Ministry in The United Methodist Church, 2008  
Pension Benefits  
Emphasize Evangelism  
Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century: Recommendations to the 2008 General Conference  

Global Young Peoples Convocation &
Legislative Assembly Petitions

Book of Discipline
New
Revisions to Discipline
  Young Adult Church Council Members:
¶244.3
  Young Adult Church Council Members:
¶252.5
  Jurisdictional Youth Ministry Organization: ¶531
  Jurisdictional Youth Ministry Organization:
¶ 532
  Membership on the Division on Ministries with Young People:
¶1207.1b
Book of Resolutions
New
Revisions to Book of Resolutions
Continuation of Africa University, Zimbabwe  
Boards' and Agencies' Meeting Times  
Conference Date Selections  
Darfur/Sudan Awareness Building  
Equipping Young People for Kingdom Building  
UM Global AIDS Fund and Comprehensive Education  
Creation of an Immigration Issues Video  
Local Church Support for Young People  
Support for Nothing but Nets Campaign  
Statement Against Extra-Judicial Killings in the Phillipines  

Declaration of Stance on Political and Social Unrest

 
Statement of Concern on Poverty  
Young People's Statement on War and Peace  

Recommendation for Study on Young People's Ministry

 

Division on Ministry with Young People Petitions

Book of Discipline

New

Revisions to Discipline
Young Adult Council

Care of Children and Youth:
¶226.3

Conference Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry Care of Members:
¶228.2c
The Annual Conference

Church Council Membership:
¶252.5j

Being the Church Amid Disagreement Young People's Ministries, Age Definition: ¶256.3
  Student Local Pastor Committee Service: ¶318.5
  Jurisdictional Youth Ministry Organization:531.5
  Jurisdictional Youth Ministry Organization: ¶531
  Young Adult Ministry Organization:
¶532
  Central Conference Standing Committee on Young Adult Ministries:
¶547.4
  Conference Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry:
¶602.4a
  The Conferences:
¶636.1
  Young People's Ministries, Age Identification:
¶649.2, ¶1210.3a
  Age of Young Adults on Boards and Agencies:
¶710.3
  DMYP Members on the Connectional Table: ¶906.1d
  Youth/Young Adult on GBOD Board of Directors' Committees:
¶1205
  Division on Ministries with Young People Membership:
¶1207.1
  Project Review Committee:
¶1208.2
  Membership:
1209
  Global Young People's Convocation: ¶1210.4
  Membership:
¶1212.2
  Young People's Ministries:
¶256.3
Book of Resolutions
New
Revisions to Book of Resolutions
  Sexual Abuse within Ministerial Relationships:
36
 

Education, the Gift of Hope:
98

 

 
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