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Agenda Volume 2 - Methodist Conference

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44. <strong>Methodist</strong> Council<br />

44/7. The <strong>Conference</strong> directs that any person being received into Full Connexion by<br />

transfer or restatement shall be invited to attend the Representative Session<br />

of the <strong>Conference</strong> in the year of their reception and the cost of such shall be<br />

covered by the relevant <strong>Conference</strong> budget.<br />

44/8. The <strong>Conference</strong> appoints Mrs Ruth Pickles as Chair of the <strong>Conference</strong> Business<br />

Committee (Representative Session) for a period of three years from 1<br />

September 2013.<br />

44/9. The <strong>Conference</strong> adopts the recommendation of the Council that the EDI<br />

Stakeholder Fora continue in place until 2015.<br />

44/10. (Two thirds majority vote)<br />

The <strong>Conference</strong> adopts the recommendation of the Council that SO 336 be<br />

suspended until the close of the 2014 <strong>Conference</strong> and notes that the subject<br />

matter of SO 336 shall be overseen by the Equality and Diversity Resources<br />

Group for the same period.<br />

44/11 The <strong>Conference</strong> directs the Faith & Order Committee, in consultation with the<br />

<strong>Methodist</strong> Diaconal Order, to undertake work on the theology and ecclesiology<br />

underpinning the diaconate in Methodism, its place within the British Connexion<br />

and its place within the universal church.<br />

44/12. The <strong>Conference</strong> amends Standing Order 743 as follows:<br />

743 Ministerial Development. (1) (a) This Standing Order applies to:<br />

(i) every […] presbyter or deacon in [...] circuit or district appointment, and every<br />

District Chair and the Warden of the <strong>Methodist</strong> Diaconal Order;<br />

44/13. The <strong>Conference</strong> amends Standing Order 754 (5) and (6) by adding the following<br />

clauses:<br />

(5) The Warden may at any time appoint a person to assist him or her in such way<br />

as he or she may think fit.<br />

(6) Unless the assistance is purely clerical or administrative, any appointment<br />

made under clause (5) above shall comply with the following requirements:<br />

(i) the person appointed shall be a deacon in the active work;<br />

(ii) if the person appointed is to act publicly on behalf of the Warden, the<br />

appointment shall not take effect until it has been approved by the <strong>Methodist</strong><br />

Council;<br />

(iii) the duties to be performed by the person appointed shall not include duties<br />

expressly required to be performed by the Warden by any provision of the Deed of<br />

Union.<br />

<strong>Conference</strong> <strong>Agenda</strong> 2013<br />

511

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