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 [...]
Read MoreReport of the Study Committee: Weak or Declining Churches The committee met five times since last Annual Conference to complete [...]
Read MoreReport of the Study Committee: Distinction Between the Office of Pastor & Elder with Reference to Divorce EDITOR’S NOTE: A previous committee had proposed allowing men to serve as deacon, elder, o [...]
Read MoreStudy Committee on Millenium [2006]
Report of the Study Committee: The Millennium EDITOR'S NOTE: The work of this committee and successive committees ultimately resulted in replacing our article on The Millennium with a new article on T [...]
Read MoreStudy Committee on Multi-Staff Churches [2006]
Report of the Study Committee: Credentials & Multi-Staff Churches EDITOR’S NOTE: As a growing number of our churches were adding additional staff (and particularly pastoral staff), Conference appo [...]
Read MoreStudy Committee on Salvation [2006]
Report of the Study Committee: Articles Pertaining to Salvation [2006] EDITOR’S NOTE: Conference approved the committee’s proposed legislation at First Reading at the 2006 Conference. Second Reading a [...]
Read MoreStudy 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 MoreStudy Committee on Multi-Staff Churches [2004]
Report of the Study Committee: Credentials & Multi-Staff Churches EDITOR’S NOTE: As a growing number of our churches were adding additional staff (and particularly pastoral staff), Conference appo [...]
Read MoreStudy Committee on Secret Societies [2003]
Report of the Study Committee: Secret Societies The Secret Societies Studies Committee continued its work based on concerns expressed by the 119th Annual Confe [...]
Read MoreStudy Committee on Secret Societies [2002]
Report of the Secret Society Study Committee The Secret Society Study Committee met four times since the 118th Annual Conf [...]
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