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BUSINESS of the ANNUAL CONFERENCE the Minutes of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference 160 Western North Carolina Conference V. THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Minutes of the Western North Carolina Annual Conference .................................George R. Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina From June 22, 2018 through June 24, 2018 ..............................................................................................................Bishop Paul L. Leeland, Presiding Organized 1890 (1968) .......................................................... This Session the 129th, the 51st since the founding of The United Methodist Church District Abbreviations: AP = Appalachian CV = Catawba Valley NP = Northern Piedmont UW = Uwharrie BR = Blue Ridge ME = Metro SM = Smoky Mountain YV = Yadkin Valley PART I. ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS 1. Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 619)? (See General Officers, Section I ofJournal .) Secretary? .............................................................................................................................................................................. Kimberly T. Ingram Statistician? .....................................................................................................................................................................................R. Mark King Treasurer? ........................................................................................................................................................................................R. Mark King 2. Is the Annual Conference incorporated (¶603.1)? .....................................................................................................................................No 3. Bonding and auditing: What officers handling funds of the conference have been bonded, and in what amounts (¶¶618, 2511)? Employee dishonesty coverage for any natural person, in the regular service of the conference in the ordinary course of business, whether or not compensated, who has the right to govern and direct the performance of receiving, disbursing, or handling conference funds as given by the conference treasurer, is provided within the occurrence limits of a commercial blanket bond in the amount of $250,000 through tiered policies with Church Mutual Insurance Company. Have the books of said officers or persons been audited (¶¶617, 2511)? .................................. Yes (See report, Section XII of Journal) 4. What agencies have been appointed or elected? a) Who have been elected chairpersons for the mandated structures listed? Structure Chairperson Council on Finance and Administration (¶611) R. Glenn P. Kinken III Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635) Donald Jenkins Board of Pensions (¶639) Michael Watson Board of Trustees of the Annual Conference (¶2512) Bob Wilhoit Committee on Episcopacy (¶637) Wanda Musgrave Administrative Review Committee (¶636) Randolph H. Harry b) Indicate the name of the agency (or agencies) and the chairperson(s) in your annual conference which is (are) responsible for the functions related to each of the following general church agencies (¶610.1): General Agency Conference Agency Chairperson General Board of Church and Society Justice and Reconciliation Team Pamela Shoffner General Board of Discipleship Church Vitality Team Mike Fongemy Leadership Development Team Dan Hester General Board of Global Ministries Mission Engagement Team Brian Mateer General Board of Ordained Ministry Board of Ordained Ministry Donald Jenkins Higher Education and Campus Ministry Council on Campus Ministry John Franklin Jr. General Commission on Archives and History Commission on Archives & History Sandrea Williamson General Commission on Christian Unity and Justice and Reconciliation Team Pamela Shoffner Inter-religious Concerns General Commission on Religion and Race Justice and Reconciliation Team Emmanuel Boakye-Yiadom General Commission on the Status and Role of Women Justice and Reconciliation Team Polly Pearson United Methodist Communications Commission on Communications Burt Williams c) Indicate the conference agencies and chairpersons which have responsibilities for the following functions: General Agency Name of Agency Chairperson(s) Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (¶657)? Justice and Reconciliation Team Pamela Shoffner Disability Concerns (¶653)? Justice and Reconciliation Team Pamela Shoffner Joint Committee on Medical Leave Michelle Chappell Board of Pension & Health Benefits Michael Watson Board of Ordained Ministry Donald Jenkins Equitable Compensation (¶625)? Commission on Equitable Compensation Neal Jones Laity (¶631)? Board of Laity Jane Boatwright Wood Native American Ministry (¶654)? Justice and Reconciliation Team Joel Locklear Small Membership Church (¶645)? Church Vitality Team Mike Fongemy Town and Country Ministries Jeremy Troxler United Methodist Rural Fellowship Keys Pendleton and Jacquelyn (Jackie) H. Taylor 2018 journal of the Annual Conference 161 d) Indicate the president or equivalent for the following organizations. Organization Name of Agency Chairperson(s) Conference United Methodist Women (¶647) Conference United Methodist Women Julia Willis Conference United Methodist Men (¶648) Conference United Methodist Men William Waddell Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶649) Conference Council on Youth Ministry Ashlee Hand Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶650)? Connectional Table Caroline Wood and Jane Boatwright Wood e) Have persons been elected for the following district boards and committees? Answer yes or no. (1) District Boards of Church Location & Building (¶2518.2)? ..........................................................................................................Yes (2) Committees on District Superintendency (¶669)? .........................................................................................................................Yes (3) District Committees on Ordained Ministry (¶666)? .......................................................................................................................Yes f) What other councils, boards, commissions, or committees have been appointed or elected in the annual conference? ...........................................................................................................................................................................See Section II of Journal 5. Have the secretaries, treasurers, and statisticians kept and reported their respective data in accordance to the prescribed formats? (¶606.8)? ........................................................................................................................................................................................................Yes 6. What is the report of the statistician? .......................................................................................... See report, Vol. II, Section XIII of Journal 7. What is the report of the treasurer? ......................................................................................... See reports, Sections VIII and XII of Journal 8. What are the reports of the district superintendents as to the status of the work within their districts? ................................................................................................See reports, Vol. I, Sections II.E., VI.A., X.D., and Vol. II, Section XIII of Journal 9. What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for clergy for the ensuing year (¶¶342, 625.3)? v Schedule of 2019 Minimum Compensation for Clergy Serving Full-Time Appointments Elders and Deacons in Full Connection ........................................................................................................................................ $ 43,260 Provisional/Associate Members .......................................................................................................................................................38,934 Local Pastors who have completed the Course of Study/M.Div. ....................................................................................................36,230 Local Pastors before completion of Course of Study .......................................................................................................................34,608 10. What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the support of the district superintendents for the ensuing year (¶614.1a)? ...................................................................................................................$ 2,559,478 11. a) What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the support of the pension and benefit programs of the conference for the ensuing year (¶¶614.1d, 1507)? The conference invoices each pastoral charge for the actual cost of its pastor’s pension and health benefits, less a portion of the health benefit cost contributed by the pastor. It is expected that invoiced pension benefit costs will total approximately $6,000,000 and invoiced health benefits costs will total approximately $12,000,000, for aggregate benefit costs invoiced to the pastoral charges of $18,000,000 for 2019. b) What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year? (1) For the World Service Fund? .............................................................................................................................................. $ 3,011,387 (2) For the Ministerial Education Fund? ...................................................................................................................................
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