Episcopal supervision

¶49

The bishops of a region or jurisdiction form a College, which arranges episcopal supervision.

2024 Discipline
¶49
On the ballot paper
¶48
Article
IV
Change
Amended

Rewritten rather than tweaked — only 55% of the wording survives. Read the two texts side by side rather than the diff.

What changed

Terminology only.

Before

Book of Discipline 2020/2024, ¶49

The bishops of each jurisdictional and central conference shall constitute a College of Bishops, and such College of Bishops shall arrange the plan of episcopal supervision of the annual conferences, missionary conferences, and missions within their respective territories.

After

Petition 21039, as ratified

The bishops of each regional conference or jurisdiction, if a regional conference has jurisdictions, shall constitute a College of Bishops, and such College of Bishops shall arrange the plan of episcopal supervision of the annual conferences, missionary conferences, and missions within their respective territories.