Global Ministries Legislation

Petitions and resolutions sent to the General Conference of The United Methodist Church by the General Board of Global Ministries.

General Board of Global Ministries List of Resolutions

Petitions

The following petitions were approved in April 2007 by the board of directors of the General Board of Global Ministries to be forwarded to General Conference 2008.

Advance Legislation (7 pp, 23k)
Central Conference Affairs (1 pp, 10k)
Create a Conference Committee on Mission Personnel (1 pp, 10k)
Name Change of the Crusade Scholarship Program To the World Communion Scholarship Program (5 pp, 15k)
Urban Centers (2 pp, 30K)

New Resolutions

Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide, and War Crimes (10 pp, 59k)

Global Migration and the Quest for Justice (14 pp, 61k)

Holy Boldness: Pathways to Transformation 2009 –2012 (5 pp, 44k)

Revised Resolutions

Revise Resolution #3: Dioxin Free Future (3 pp, 34k)

Revise Resolution #9: Environmental Racism (13 pp, 67k)

Revise Resolution #29: Annual Conference Strategic, Comprehensive Plans for Hispanic/Latino (5 pp, 42k)

Revise Resolution #51: National Coopertaive Ministry Leadership (4 pp, 40k)

Revise Resolution #52: Plan of Support for Coopertive Parish Ministry (2 pp, 31k)

Revise Resolution #64: Eradicationg Abusive Child Labor (5 pp, 39k)

Revise Resolution #67: Childrens Sabbath (2 pp, 30k)

Revise Resolution #85: Drinking on Campus (4 pp, 41k)

Revise Resolution #116: Homelessness in the United States (2 pp, 29k)

Revise Resolution #117: Housing in the USA (2 pp, 28k)

Revise Resolution #160: Principles of Welfare Reform (3 pp, 32k)

Revise Resolution #164: Eradication of Racism (4 pp, 36k)

Revise Resolution #173: Affirmation of Rural Chaplains (2pp, 30k)

Revise Resolution #187: Violent Video Games (1 pp, 27k)

Revise Resolution #199: UMC use of Fair Trade Coffee (3 pp, 33k)

Revise Resolution #206: Economic Justice for a New Millennium( 8 pp, 53k)

Revise Resolution #207: Global Debt Crisis: A Call for Jubilee (1 pp, 27k)

Revise Resolution #233: Concern for Workers Task Force (1 pp, 27k)

Revise Resolution #238: Right to Organize and Bargain Collectively (3 pp, 32k)

Revise Resolution #254: Justice with Young Persons (4 pp, 37k)

Revise Resolution #283: Support the Global Effort to End Slavery (4 pp, 35k)

Revise Resolution #292: Holy Land Tours (6 pp, 42k)

Revise Resolution #298: Global Aids (6 pp, 83k)

Revise Resolution #301: U.S. China Relations (2 pp, 30k)

Revise Resolution #317: Call for Free Speech in Cuba (1 pp, 27k)

Revise Resolution #323: United Nations Resolutions on the Israel-Palestine Conflict (4 pp, 45K)

Revise Resolution #344: Biblical Language (2 pp, 29k)

Women's Division List of Resolutions to the 2008 General Conference

New Resolutions

Protecting Children from Mercury-Containing Drugs(5 pp, 37K)
Resisting Hate, Fear and Scapegoating and Transforming the Context of Hate in the United States(7 pp, 43K)
The Girl Child(6 pp, 47K)
The Abolition of Torture(8 pp, 58K)
Sudan: A Call to Compassion and Caring(10 pp, 57K)

Newly Revised Resolutions

#3 A Dioxin-Free Future(3 pp, 34K)
#9 Environmental Racism(13 pp, 67K)
#64 Eradicading Abusive Child Labor(5 pp, 39K)
#67 Chidren's Sabbath(2 pp, 30K)
#160 Principles of Welfare Reform(3 pp, 32K)
#164 Annual Conference, District and Local Congregation Responsibility for Eradication of Racism(4 pp, 36K)
#187 Violent Video Games(1 pp, 27K)
#206 Economic Justice for a New Millennium(8 pp, 53K)
#344 Biblical Language(2 pp, 29K)

Mission News

More General Conference News

L’Eglise Méthodiste Unie admet formellement la Côte d’Ivoire
La Nouvelle déclaration de mission dirige les disciples vers la transformer le monde
Church Supports People of Tibet and Taiwan
General Conference Affirms Support for Reproductive Choice
Church Joins Global Health Campaign
United Methodists Will Now Promise To Witness When Becoming Members
Delegates Reinvest and Affirm Hope in Africa University
Assembly Creates Committee on Faith and Order
Proposed New Hymnal Will Go to 2012 Assembly
Native American Leaders Honored for Longtime Service
New Members of United Methodist University Unit Have Strong Links with Global Ministries Agency
United Methodist Church Improves Structure for Dealing with Units Outside the United States
Black Methodists Celebrate Unity at Africana Dinner (umc.org)
Assembly Creates New Study Group on Church Structure(umc.org)
Five New Members Are Elected to Judicial Council(umc.org)
Delegates Strengthen the Black Church for the 21st Century
Iowa Bishop Gregory Palmer Receives Leadership Gavel
Transformation Through Mission
The United Methodist Church Makes the Malawi District a Missionary Conference
Delegates Seek General Conference Ethics Panel
The General Conference Saga of the Cell Phones
Church Leaders Call for Sanctuary in a Time of Walls
Potato Drop at General Conference Feeds Hungry Texans
United Methodist Women Members Meet At General Conference
The United Methodist Church Makes the Malawi District a Missionary Conference
Delegates Seek General Conference Ethics Panel
The General Conference Saga of the Cell Phones
Church Leaders Call for Sanctuary in a Time of Walls
Potato Drop at General Conference Feeds Hungry Texans
United Methodist Women Members Meet At General Conference
Delegates Seek General Conference Ethics Panel
The General Conference Saga of the Cell Phones
Church Leaders Call for Sanctuary in a Time of Walls
Potato Drop at General Conference Feeds Hungry Texans
United Methodist Women Members Meet At General Conference
Delegates Seek General Conference Ethics Panel

The General Conference Saga of the Cell Phones

Church Leaders Call for Sanctuary in a Time of Walls

Potato Drop at General Conference Feeds Hungry Texans

United Methodist Women Members Meet At General Conference

He Fed the Hungry and Ate with Sinners: Ministries of Compassion by Elliott Wright
Ministry to the Least of These by Kathleen LaCamera
The Church, Economics, and Migration: God Crosses Borders by Hal Recinos
More Life and Less Death: Methodism as a Positive Epidemic by Gary R. Gunderson
Women and Poverty in Mission Context by Glory E. Dharmaraj
To the Ends of the Earth by Sam Dixon
Health Ministries for Congregations and Communities by Patricia Magyar and Cherian Thomas
The Global and the Local in Christian Mission by John Nuessle

Mission Papers are published every four years by the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church specifically for the delegates to General Conference, which will happen in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 23-May 2, 2008. The objective is to engage United Methodist clergy and lay leaders in considering pressing mission challenges and opportunities as they come together to enact legislation affecting the global church. The papers are also made available online to the church and public at large.

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