Editor's Note: This committee was formed as a result of a petition from the floor of the 2021 Conference. The Committee's substantive report was received by the 2023 Conference. That year, a substitut [...]
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26
Apr
2023
Report of the Study Committee on the Role of Women in the Church, 1 Timothy 2:12, Minority Report (2023)
Editor's Note: This committee was formed as a result of a petition from the floor of the 2021 Conference. The Committee's substantive report was received by the 2023 Conference. A substitute motion wi [...]
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26
Apr
2023
Report of the Study Committee on the Role of Women in the Church, 1 Timothy 2:12, Majority (2023)
Editor's Note: This committee was formed as a result of a petition from the floor of the 2021 Conference. The Committee's substantive report, which is below, was received by the 2023 Conference. A sub [...]
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23
Apr
2007
Study Committee on Women as Deacons [2007]
Report of the Study Committee on: Women Serving as Deacons 2007 EDITOR’S NOTE: The findings of this report, together with the committee's reports from 2005 and 2006 led Conference to allow churches to [...]
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24
Apr
2006
Study Committee on Women as Deacons [2006]
Report of the Study Committee: Woman as Deacons EDITOR’S NOTE: With Conference having approved women as deacons at First Reading the previous year (2005), the committee's new assignment by Conference [...]
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19
Apr
2004
Study Committee on Role of Women [2004]
Report of the Study Committee: Role of Women in the Church EDITOR’S NOTE: The findings of this report led the committee to propose that Conference allow churches to elect women as deacons. The 2004 Co [...]
Read MoreReport of the Study Committee on The Role of Women in the Church [2001] EDITOR’S NOTE: Based on an elder board request to the 1999 Conference, this committee was formed to examine what role women have [...]
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05
Oct
1996
Study on Use of “Laypersons” [1996]
Report of the Study Committee to Clarify the Use of "Laymen" and "Laypersons" The study committee met three times in [...]
Read MoreReport of the Committee to Prepare an Alternate Understanding of 'The Biblical View of the Role of Women in the Church' [1980] EDITOR’S NOTE: This Committee proposed an Alternate to the 1977 Study whi [...]
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