In the 2004 Book of Discipline, Division Two, Section VI, ¶ 33, Article II, (2008 Book of Discipline, Division Two,
Section VI, ¶ 33, Article II) amend by addition, as follows:
Add “and the committee on investigation” following “ministry.”

If voted and so declared by the Council of Bishops, ¶ 33 (¶ 33) would read:
The annual conference is the basic body in the Church and as such shall have reserved to it the right to vote on
all constitutional amendments, on the election of clergy and lay delegates to the General and the jurisdictional or
central conferences, on all matters relating to the character and conference relations of its clergy members, and
on the ordination of clergy and such other rights as have not been delegated to the General Conference under
the Constitution, with the exception that the lay members may not vote on matters of ordination, character, and
conference relations of clergy except that the lay members of the conference board of ordained ministry and
the committee on investigation may vote on matters of ordination, character, and conference relations of clergy,
with the further exception that lay members of the district committee on ordained ministry be full participating
members of the district committee on ordained ministry with vote. It shall discharge such duties and exercise such
powers as the General Conference under the Constitution may determine.
AND
If both Amendments XVI and XVII are adopted, the resulting paragraph would read:
The annual conference is the basic body in the Church and as such shall have reserved to it the right to vote on all
constitutional amendments, on the election of clergy and lay delegates to the General, regional, and jurisdictional
conferences, on all matters relating to the character and conference relations of its clergy members, and on
the ordination of clergy and such other rights as have not been delegated to the General Conference under the
Constitution, with the exception that the lay members may not vote on matters of ordination, character, and
conference relations of clergy except that the lay members of the conference board of ordained ministry and
the committee on investigation may vote on matters of ordination, character, and conference relations of clergy,
with the further exception that lay members of the district committee on ordained ministry be full participating
members of the district committee on ordained ministry with vote. It shall discharge such duties and exercise such
powers as the General Conference under the Constitution may determine. (The change in name from “central” to
“regional” takes effect January 1, 2013 at which time this parenthetical procedural note will be removed from the
Constitution.)
AND
Proposed Constitutional Amendment – XVIII
On May 1, 2008, at a session of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church held in Fort Worth,
Texas, the following Constitutional Amendment was made by a recorded vote of 629 Yes, 248 No. It is now
presented to the Annual Conferences for vote.
In the 2004 Book of Discipline, Division Two, Section VI, ¶ 34, Article III, (2008 Book of Discipline, Division
Two, Section VI, ¶ 34, Article III) amend by deletion and addition, as follows:
Following “jurisdictional” delete “or central” and add “and regional”, and add “(The change in name from “central”
to “regional” takes effect January 1, 2013 at which time this parenthetical procedural note will be removed from the
Constitution.)” at end of the paragraph.

If voted and so declared by the Council of Bishops, ¶ 34 (¶ 34) would read:
The annual conference shall elect clergy and lay delegates to the General Conference and to its jurisdictional and
regional conference in the manner provided in this section, Articles IV and V. The persons first elected up to
2009 Missouri Annual Conference C-13
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