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The
Conference Vision Forum
The
Conference Vision Forum is responsible for
developing a statement of vision for the annual
conference and presenting it to the annual
conference for consideration and adoption. It
is also responsible for the on-going process of
refining and revising the vision of the conference,
as needed. The forum will meet semi-annually
and at the call of the executive
committee.
The
Conference Vision Forum shall work together to set
the overall vision of the North Georgia Annual
Conference. In accordance with Paragraph 607
of the 2000 Book of Discipline, the Conference
Vision Forum shall “envision the ministries
necessary to live out the mission of the church in
and through the annual conference.” In so
doing, the Conference Vision Forum shall provide a
clear and workable vision for ministry that shall
guide the annual conference in the implementation
of ministry. In setting the vision of the
annual conference, the Conference Vision Forum
shall also take into consideration both the
immediate and long range challenges and goals of
the annual conference as they relate to the local,
district, and general church ministries and
financial impact.
The
Conference Vision Forum will be chaired by the
director of connectional ministries in consultation
with the resident bishop. The forum will be
composed of 90 persons, including the bishop, the
director of connectional ministries, the four
program team leaders, the district superintendents,
the executive assistant to the bishop, the director
of ministerial services, the director of church
development, the conference treasurer, the
chairperson of the council on finance and
administration, the chairperson of the board of
ordained ministry, the secretary of the annual
conference, the conference chancellor, the
conference lay leader, the associate conference lay
leaders, laity and clergy members of the General
Conference Delegation and the Jurisdictional
Conference Delegation and other at-large members
nominated by the Conference Committee on
Nominations. The Conference Committee on
Nominations will nominate the additional at-large
members to serve on the forum to provide for
diversity and inclusiveness in regards to race,
age, gender and national origin and to ensure that
there will be a 50% clergy/50% laity ratio on the
forum.
Persons
who are elected to General and Jurisdictional
Conference will begin to serve on the conference
vision team after annual conference the year of
their election to the delegation. At-large members
will be elected for the quadrennium and are limited
to eight consecutive years on the Conference Vision
Forum. At-large members will begin to serve
at the time of their election.
There
will be an Executive Committee of the Conference
Vision Forum composed of the bishop, the director
of connectional ministries, the conference lay
leader, the dean of the cabinet, and five other
persons from the Conference Vision Forum who are
appointed by the chair.
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