Council of Bishops or one-fifth of the members of the General Conference and to determine the constitutionality
of any act of a jurisdictional or regional conference upon an appeal of a majority of the bishops of that
jurisdictional or regional conference or upon the appeal of one-fifth of the members of that jurisdictional or
regional conference.
2. To hear and determine any appeal from a bishop’s decision on a question of law made in the annual conference
when said appeal has been made by one-fifth of that conference present and voting.
3. To pass upon decisions of law made by bishops in annual conferences.
4. To hear and determine the legality of any action taken therein by any General Conference board or jurisdictional
or regional conference board or body, upon appeal by one-third of the members thereof, or upon request of the
Council of Bishops or a majority of the bishops of a jurisdictional or a regional conference.
5. To have such other duties and powers as may be conferred upon it by the General Conference.
6. To provide its own methods of organization and procedure. (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 – XXXII
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 Five, ¶ 61, Article II, (2008 Book of Discipline, Division Five, ¶ 61, Article
II) amend by deletion and addition, as follows:
Delete “central” after “jurisdictional or” and add “regional” after “jurisdictional or” 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, ¶ 61 (¶ 61) would read:
A jurisdictional or regional conference may by a majority vote propose changes in the Constitution of the Church,
and such proposed changes shall be submitted to the next General Conference. If the General Conference adopts
the measure by a two-thirds vote, it shall be submitted to the annual conferences according to the provision for
amendments. (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.)
2009 Missouri Annual Conference C-21
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