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PHOTOGRAPHS |
I. |
CONFERENCE OFFICERS |
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A. |
General Officers and Staff |
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B. |
District Superintendents |
23 |
II. |
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION |
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A. |
Quadrennial Election |
25 |
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B. |
Term Election |
32 |
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C. |
Annual Election |
37 |
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D. |
Treasurers to Whom Funds Should Be Forwarded |
38 |
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E. |
District Officers |
40 |
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F. |
Delegates to 2004 General and Jurisdictional Conferences |
46 |
III. |
CONFERENCE DIRECTORY |
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A. |
Honorary Members |
47 |
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B. |
Ordained Clergy, Probationary Members, and Local Pastors |
48 |
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C. |
Clergy Granted Honorable Location |
110 |
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D. |
Approved Local Pastors Not Appointed |
111 |
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E. |
Diaconal Ministers |
112 |
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F. |
Deaconesses |
113 |
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G. |
Mission Personnel |
113 |
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H. |
Lay Members of the 2004 Annual Conference |
115 |
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I. |
Surviving Spouses of Deceased Clergy and Diaconal Ministers |
120 |
IV. |
DAILY PROCEEDINGS |
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A. |
2004 Conference Program |
127 |
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B. |
Calendar of Special Events |
129 |
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C. |
Daily Minutes |
131 |
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D. |
Certificate of Commissioning and Ordination |
146 |
V. |
THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE |
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Part I. Organization and General Business |
147 |
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Part II. Pertaining to Ordained Ministers and Local
Pastors |
151 |
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Part III. Certification in Specialized Ministry |
169 |
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Part IV. Diaconal Ministers |
170 |
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Part V. Appointments and Concluding Business |
171 |
VI. |
APPOINTMENTS — 2004-2005 |
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A. |
Appointments of Clergy to Charges and Districts |
175 |
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B. |
Clergy in Appointments in Other Annual Conferences |
193 |
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C. |
Deacons in Full Connection and Probationary Members |
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Appointed Beyond the Local Church |
193 |
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D. |
Elders, Probationary Members, and Associate Members |
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Appointed to Extension Ministries |
194 |
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1. Within the Connectional Structures of United Methodism |
194 |
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2. To Extension Ministries Under Endorsement |
196 |
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3. To Other Valid Ministries |
196 |
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E. |
Clergy Appointed as Students |
197 |
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F. |
Diaconal Ministers |
198 |
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G. |
Deaconesses and Home Missionaries |
198 |
VII. |
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION AND RULES OF ORDER AND PROCEDURE |
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Part I. Plan of Organization |
201 |
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Part II. Rules of Order |
209 |
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Part III. The Legislative Process |
214 |
VIII. |
REPORTS |
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A. Council on Finance and Administration |
225 |
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Quadrennial Budget Planning Committee |
229 |
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Conference Funds for 2005 |
238 |
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Insurance Committee |
244 |
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B. Conference Ministries Advisory Council |
246 |
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1. Commission on Nurture Ministries |
247 |
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2. Commission on Outreach Ministries |
247 |
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3. Commission on Witness Ministries |
252 |
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4. Commission on Religion and Race |
253 |
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Committee on Ethnic Local Church Concerns |
254 |
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5. Commission on the Status and Role of Women |
254 |
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6. Committee on Social Concerns |
255 |
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7. Committee on Hispanic Ministries |
256 |
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8. Committee on Native American Ministries |
257 |
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9. Family Ministry |
257 |
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10. Conference Resource Center |
257 |
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C. Council on Congregational Development |
258 |
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D. Council on Higher Education Ministries |
259 |
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1. Commission on Church Colleges and Universities |
259 |
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a. Bennett College |
259 |
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b. Brevard College |
260 |
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c. Greensboro College |
261 |
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d. High Point University |
262 |
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e. Pfeiffer University |
263 |
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2. North Carolina State Commission on Campus Ministry |
264 |
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E. Consortium on Health and Human Services Institutions: |
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1. Aldersgate United Methodist Retirement Community,
Inc. |
266 |
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2. Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community,
Inc. |
267 |
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3.
The Children’s
Home, Inc. |
268 |
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4. Givens Estates United Methodist Retirement Community |
269 |
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5. UMAR, Inc. |
270 |
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6. Methodist Counseling and Consultation Services |
271 |
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7. Western North Carolina Conference Deaf Ministry |
271 |
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F. Council on Laity |
272 |
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G. United Methodist Men |
273 |
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H. United Methodist Women |
273 |
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I. United Methodist Youth |
274 |
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J. Board of Ordained Ministry |
276 |
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K. Board of Pensions, Inc. |
279 |
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L. Conference Board of Trustees, Inc. |
286 |
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M. Committee on the Annual Conference Meeting |
287 |
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N. Committee on Appeals |
288 |
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O. Commission on Archives and History |
289 |
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Conference Historical Society |
289 |
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P.
Christian Educators’ Fellowship |
289 |
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Q. Commission on Communications |
290 |
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R. Committee on Conference Staff Relations |
290 |
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S. Committee on Episcopacy |
291 |
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T. Episcopal Residence Committee |
291 |
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U. Commission on Equitable Compensation |
292 |
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V. Committee on Nominations |
295 |
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W. Petition Referrals |
298 |
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X. Church Extension, Inc. |
299 |
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Y. Disciple Bible Outreach Ministries of North Carolina,
Inc. |
299 |
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Z.
Finch-Hunt Institute for Homiletical Studies |
300 |
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AA. Trustees of the Eugene M. Cole Foundation |
300 |
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BB. The United Methodist Foundation, Inc. |
301 |
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CC. Brotherhood/Sisterhood of the Western North Carolina
Conference |
303 |
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DD. The Duke Endowment |
304 |
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EE.
North Carolina Pastors’ School and Duke Divinity
School Convocation |
305 |
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FF. Schools of Theology: |
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1. Candler School of Theology |
306 |
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2. The Divinity School of Duke University |
307 |
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3. Gammon Theological Seminary |
308 |
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4. Wesley Theological Seminary |
308 |
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GG. Southeastern Jurisdictional Administrative Council |
309 |
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HH.
Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services |
310 |
IX. |
PETITIONS TO THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE |
313 |
X. |
HISTORICAL MATERIAL |
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A. Historical Sketch |
317 |
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B. Conference Sessions: |
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1. Western North Carolina Conference of The Methodist
Church |
317 |
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2.
North Carolina/Virginia Conference of The Methodist Church |
318 |
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3.
Western North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church |
318 |
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C. Chronological Rolls of Current Clergy and Diaconal
Ministers |
318 |
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1. Full Connection and Probationary Members |
319 |
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2. Associate Members |
335 |
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3. Local Pastors |
336 |
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4. Diaconal Ministers |
340 |
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D. Historical Data |
340 |
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E. Roll of Deceased Clergy and Diaconal Ministers and |
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Deceased Spouses of Clergy and Diaconal Ministers, 2003-2004 |
342 |
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F. Memoirs of Deceased Clergy and Diaconal Ministers |
343 |
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G. Chronological Roll of Deceased Clergy and Diaconal
Ministers |
362 |
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1. Full Connection |
362 |
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2. Probationary Members |
369 |
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3. Associate Members |
369 |
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4. Local Pastors |
370 |
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5. Diaconal Ministers |
371 |
XI. |
REPORT
OF THE ANNUAL AUDIT – 2003 |
373 |
INDEX |
393 |
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