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In all cases of such an appeal, the appellant shall within thirty (30) days give written notice of appeal and at the same time furnish to the officer receiving such notice a written statement of thegrounds of appeal, and the hearing in the appellate body shall be limited to the grounds set forth in such statement. The secretary shall oversee the publication and translation of proposals made to the convening General Conference and the actions taken by it, including publishing a transcript of the daily proceedings. An appointment is finalized only when the bishop has fixed the appointment. The duties of the committee shall include the following: a. An appointment is finalized only when the bishop has fixed the appointment. The charge conference shall be the connecting link between the local church, the annual conference, and the general church and shall have general oversight of the church council(s) and the overall ministry of the local church. The charge conference shall, in consultation with the presiding elder (district superintendent), set the compensation of the appointed clergy. Approve any involuntary status change of a bishop by a two-thirds vote ( 520.3). The Connectional Council on Appeals shall determine the legality of any action taken by any body created or authorized by the General Conference or by any body created or authorized by a regional or annual conference upon appeal by one-fifth of the delegates presenting and voting of such General, regional or annual conference, or one-third of the governing members of the created or authorized body present and voting, or a majority of the Council of Bishops or the bishops of the regional conference wherein the action was taken. Associate members and licensed local pastors in the UM Church will be ordained as elders and deacons in the Global Methodist Church once they have met the requirements to be ordained as such (see 409 and 410). Divide or to unite a circuit(s), station(s), or mission(s) as judged necessary for missional strategy and then to make appropriate appointments. Appointments are to be made with consideration of the needs, characteristics, and opportunities of congregations and institutions, the gifts and evidence of Gods grace of those appointed, and in faithfulness to our commitment to an open itinerancy. In the event that only one congregation on a charge containing more than one church has concerns it wishes to share, its member(s) in the committee may meet separately with the pastor or any other person accountable to the committee or the presiding elder (district superintendent), but only with the knowledge of the pastor. Those a. The Finance Committee shall oversee the stewardship of financial resources as their priority throughout the year, seeking as part of the ministry of discipleship to move members toward tithing and beyond, with an attitude of generosity. % Those not meeting the requirements of 402.2b-c are not certified but may work toward certification and are not required to repeat coursework they have already completed. 4 0 obj 1. The merger must be proposed to the charge conference of each of the merging churches by a resolution stating the terms and conditions of the proposed merger. The chairperson of the Pastor-Parish Relations Committee, the chairperson of the Board of Trustees, and the pastor shall make an annual review of the church-owned parsonage to assure proper maintenance and to give immediate resolution to parsonage issues affecting the familys health and well-being. ' N[H}[e[xc(u)[PLG7-'uO5Ek];*EMT\-|rewz}Pd kM The annual conference shall set the number of members of the committee with a maximum of 12 persons serving at any one time and no less than six. Under the discipline of the Holy Spirit, the church exists for the maintenance of worship, the edification of believers, and the redemption of the world.