Section IV. Jurisdictional Conferences

¶25

All jurisdictional conferences have the same standing as one another.

2024 Discipline: ¶25
On the ballot paper: ¶24
Article: II
Change: Amended

What changed

Unchanged in substance. The ratio of representation must now be the same across jurisdictions for the regional conference as well as for General Conference.

Before

Book of Discipline 2020/2024, ¶25

All jurisdictional conferences shall have the same status and the same privileges of action within the limits fixed by the Constitution. The ratio of representation of the annual conferences and missionary conferences in the General Conference shall be the same for all jurisdictional conferences.

After

Petition 21039, as ratified

All jurisdictional conferences shall have the same status and the same privileges of action within the limits fixed by the Constitution. The ratio of representation of the annual conferences and missionary conferences in the General Conference and the regional conference where jurisdictions exist shall be the same for all jurisdictional conferences.

Word by word

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All jurisdictional conferences shall have the same status and the same privileges of action within the limits fixed by the Constitution. The ratio of representation of the annual conferences and missionary conferences in the General Conference and the regional conference where jurisdictions exist shall be the same for all jurisdictional conferences.