Report of the
Committee to Examine the Minutes
of the 125th Annual Conference
In pursuance of our responsibility to produce accurate minutes of Annual Conference, the committee compares the approved minutes with those published in the Yearbook and proofreads the minutes and other material in the Yearbook. If you notice mistakes in the Yearbook, please notify the chairman of this committee before March 1 so it can be corrected in the committee’s report. We would particularly like to thank Mildred Musselman of Calvary BFC, Coopersburg, PA for her careful reading and notations on the text.
The following minor corrections should be made to the 2008 official minutes:
p. 3 Under the Report of the Registrar it should read Hugh C. Coulbourn, Jr.
p. 4 Under the Allentown entry, there should not be blank space in the middle of Glenn R. Felty’s name.
p. 6 Under Ordained Missionaries it should read Ronald K. Denlinger.
p. 8 Under the new members that were introduced to Annual Conference, Dick Drosnock should be corrected to Richard J. Drosnock.
p. 11 To be consistent capitalize Second Reading in line two.
p. 15 Should read Report of the Board of Victory Valley Camp.
p. 17 In the last whereas on the page the words “therefore, be it” should be included after the semicolon at the end of that paragraph.
p.29-35 The Scripture that has been added in the footnotes of the Salvation articles is not consistently quoted from the NIV. These passages should be corrected to NIV wording to be consistent with the quotations in the other footnotes of the Articles of Faith. Also verse numbers within quoted passages should be eliminated.
p. 39 In last resolve on page “at second reading” should be deleted since it is already stated that it is a Second Reading revision.
p. 45 In the first line there should not be a space in nonprofit.
p. 49 In second paragraph current Article 502 should read Procedure for the Recognition (not Resignation) of a Minister
p. 50 In the 203-5 material Particular Churches and Particular Church should be capitalized each time to be consistent with the Faith and Order. The spelling of the word denomination in line five needs to be corrected.
p. 52 A colon should be inserted after “The following were elected:”
p. 55 Capitalize “Second Reading” in the last line of the second paragraph.
p. 60 The blank line should be before line beginning 406-2.2 rather than after it.
p. 63 Under 512-4.3 (4) Board should be capitalized in Board of Elders.
p. 64 In line three of 512-4.5 (1) Particular Church should be capitalized.
p. 69 In the third line of the second Whereas from the bottom of the page, Particular Churches should be capitalized.
p. 75 In the Report of the Registrar second resolve, it should read Ferdie R. Madara (instead of Madaro)
The following minor corrections should be made to the remainder of the Yearbook:
p. iii Chairman of Annual Conference was William G. Schlonecker.
p. x Under directory for Pinebrook Educational Foundation (2010) should read Raymond R. Dotts.
p. 2 Caption for picture of Chairman & Keynote Speaker should read William G. Schlonecker.
p. 22 Under caption of top picture Row 4 insert a comma after Kinert.
p. 77 Study Committee: Millennium report begins on page 260 instead of page 248.
p. 79 In fifth paragraph, Raymond R. Dotts and Keith E. Plows were asked to write obituaries for brothers Gordon and Koch, respectively.
p. 89 Capitalize “Second Reading” in first resolve and “First Reading” in second resolve.
p. 140 The names of Oliver and Linda Williams should be on the first line of their listing.
p. 141 Under Candidates and Commissionings insert the word “and” after Jason Raines and before commissioned
p. 149 Under Current Assets first item should be cash and cash equivalents.
p. 155 In the middle of the paragraph under Strategic Plan it should read survey of BFC pastors and campers’ parents.
p. 170 The bank listed in the next to last line should be Sovereign Bank.
p. 189 In the third paragraph it should read Brother Norris.
p. 206 Week 7 speaker was Dana Weller.
p. 211 In the first Whereas, it should refer to the 124th Annual Conference (not 14th).
p. 242 Point 7 should read “By providing spiritually qualified overseers, called elders…”
p. 243 In point 12 capitalize Particular Churches.
p. 248 Financial Secretary (1) should read: “He shall maintain accurate records of all assets held by the corporation and all financial transactions…”
p. 257 In this chart there are two incorrect values for Bethlehem. The number in column E should be 21,083 and the amount in column J should be 12,813.
p. 272 The caption should read “Serious work going on!”
p. 273 Statistical Report begins on page 275.
p. 299 In the second column under Individual BFCs it should read: Harleysville, PA – Faith BFC; Harrisburg, PA – Grace BFC; Church should be indented under the Hellertown entry.
p. 300 Community Church should be indented under the Old Bridges entry.
Committee to Examine the Minutes of the 125th Annual Conference: Philip G. Norris, Chairman; Dean A. Stortz, Byron Widger.