Jurisdictional & General Conference Connection

General Conference Petitions

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Petitions From Oregon-Idaho Authors

The following Petitions are from Oregon-Idaho Conference members. If you know of other items related to our conference that should be added to this "watch list," send them to communications@umoi.org.

 

Petition/Status  Submitted by Title Summary ADCA page

21013-CB-¶161.B-G
Not Considered
(the committee probably chose another similar petition to work on.)

 OR-ID Conference Marriage Definition Amend Social Principles II. The Nurturing Community B) Marriage (Para. 161B) 263
20874-CB-¶161.F-G
Rejected in favor of another item		 Leo Nappi Homosexuality Retain current ¶ 161.F without amendment 268
21031-CB-¶161.F-G
Not Considered
(the committee probably chose another similar petition to work on.)		 OR-ID Conference Human Sexuality Amend ¶161.F of The Book of Discipline 270
21046-CB-¶162.J-G
Not Considered
(the committee probably chose another similar petition to work on.)		 OR-ID Conference Update Civil Equal Rights Amend ¶162J 288
20493-CO-¶40-C-G
Adopted as submitted		 Greg Nelson Episcopal Area Boundaries Amend ¶40 349

20709-CO-¶507.9-G
Not Supported by committee

Another item on this topic was passed -
See 20794

 James Fellers Free Electronic Access to Legislation Amend ¶507.9 359
20710-CO-¶510.2a-G
Not Supported by committee		 James Fellers Free Electronic Access to Resolutions Amend¶510.2.a 361
20600-DI-NonDis-!-G
Not supported by committee		 David Weekly Gender Identity Theological Resource Group The GBOD creates a theological resource development group 505
20847-FA-¶1600-G
Not supported by committee		 James Fellers Unlimited Electronic Access to BOD and BOR   675
20028-MH-¶341.6-G
Not supported by committee		 OR-ID Conference Removal of Language Delete ¶341.6 and re-number remaining text 1430
20875-MH-¶341.6-G
Rejected in favor of another petittion		 Leo Nappi Homosexual Unions Retain current ¶ 341.6 without amendment 1431

 

Petitions to General Conference are published in the Advance editions of the Daily Christian Advocate (DCA). The DCA is available as a series of printed volumes, or as a set of pdf downloads.

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