Recorders Dana C. Downs Michell Farrow Melisa J. Izzo Christopher P. Noffke Robert C. Snyder Jacqueline D. Wilkins Edited by Edith A. Guffey Julie A. Kraus Joseph Sullivan Price $10.00 per copy, including postage and handling Available from: Office of the Secretary United Church of Christ 700 Prospect Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44115-1100 -i- TABLE OF CONTENTS DIRECTORY OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES OF THE TWENTY-SECOND GENERAL SYNOD ............................................................... -vi- CONFERENCE SYMBOLS USED IN THESE MINUTES ................................. -viii- THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1999 .................................................... 1 1. Soundings ...................................................................... 1 2. Opening Plenary Worship .......................................................... 1 3. General Synod Call to Order ........................................................ 1 4. Initial Report of the Credentials Committee ............................................. 1 5. Quorum Declared ................................................................. 1 6. Greetings from Rhode Island Conference .............................................. 1 7. Designation of Resource Persons Granted Voice Without Vote ............................. 1 8. Announcement Regarding the Bylaws ................................................. 2 9. Adoption of the General Synod Agenda ................................................ 2 10. Election of Tellers ................................................................ 2 11. Designation of Groups Granted Voice Without Vote ...................................... 2 12. Adoption of the Standing Rules ...................................................... 3 13. Introduction of General Synod Leadership .............................................. 3 14. Introduction of General Synod Staff Leadership ......................................... 4 15. Introduction of New Business ....................................................... 4 16. Introduction of Honored Guests ...................................................... 4 17. Announcements and Recess ......................................................... 5 FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1999 ...................................................... 5 1. Call to Order .................................................................... 5 2. Speak Out! ...................................................................... 5 4. President’s Report ................................................................ 6 5. Report of the Executive Council ..................................................... 6 6. Nominees to the Nominating Committee ............................................... 6 7. Report of the General Synod Nominating Committee ..................................... 6 8. Nominations from the Floor for Boards ................................................ 7 9. Introduction of Nominees for Officers ................................................. 7 10. Introduction of Dr. Dale L. Bishop, Nominee for Executive Minister of Wider Church Ministries ... 7 12. Blessed Interruption ............................................................... 7 13. Continuation of the Report of the Executive Council ...................................... 7 14. Introduction of Ecumenical Delegates and Visitors ....................................... 8 15. Introduction of Overseas Personnel ................................................... 8 16. Introduction of Dr. Bernice Powell Jackson, Nominee for Executive Minister of Justice and Witness Ministries ....................................................................... 8 17. Remarks of Dr. Bernice Powell Jackson ............................................... 8 18. Continuation of the Report of the Executive Council ...................................... 8 19. Reflection ....................................................................... 9 20. Announcements and Recess ......................................................... 9 FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 2, 1999 .................................................... 9 1. Call to Order .................................................................... 9 2. Speak Out! ...................................................................... 9 3. Introduction of Bylaws ............................................................ 10 4. Open Hearing on Proposed Bylaws .................................................. 10 5. Blessed Interruption .............................................................. 10 6. Budget Allocation for the New Structure .............................................. 11 7. Open Hearing on the Budget ....................................................... 11 -ii- 8. Announcements and Recess ........................................................ 11 SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1999 ................................................... 11 1. Call to Order ................................................................... 11 2. Speak Out! ..................................................................... 11 3. Awards and Prayer of Thanksgiving ................................................. 12 4. Resolution “Continuing Need for Hispanic Ministry” .................................... 12 5. Address by Jonathan Kozol ........................................................ 13 6. Announcements and Worship ...................................................... 14 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 4, 1999 .................................................. 14 1. Call to Order ................................................................... 14 2. Speak Out! ..................................................................... 14 3. Point of Personal Privilege ......................................................... 15 4. General Synod Committee Reports .................................................. 15 5. Resolution “Regarding Election of New Leadership for the United Church of Christ” ........... 15 6. Point of Personal Privilege ......................................................... 16 7. Point of Personal Privilege ......................................................... 16 8. Point of Order .................................................................. 16 9. Introduction of Rev. José A. “Joe” Malayang, Nominee for the Acting Executive Minister of Local Church Ministries ............................................................... 16 10. Remarks by Rev. José A. “Joe” Malayang ............................................. 16 11. Introduction of Rev. John H. Thomas, Nominee for Acting General Minister and President ...... 16 12. Remarks by Rev. John H. Thomas ................................................... 17 13. Reflection ..................................................................... 17 14. Announcements and Recess ........................................................ 17 SUNDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1999 ...................................................... 17 1. Call to Order ................................................................... 17 2. Speak Out! ..................................................................... 17 3. Introduction of Dr. Edith A. Guffey, Nominee for Associate General Minister ................. 18 5. Deletion of “Acting” from Two Officers Titles ......................................... 18 6. Bylaws - Committee Nine Report (Continued) ........................................... 18 7. Call to Order ................................................................... 25 8. Adoption of the Proposed Amendments to the Bylaws ................................... 25 9. Editorial Changes ................................................................ 49 10. Search Process .................................................................. 49 11. Announcements and Recess ........................................................ 50 MONDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1999 .................................................... 50 1. Call to Order ................................................................... 50 2. Bible Study .................................................................... 50 3. Reflections ..................................................................... 50 4. Speak Out! ..................................................................... 50 5. Point of Personal Privilege ......................................................... 50 6. Future Search Committee Process When A Candidate Is Not Confirmed ..................... 50 7. Point of Personal Privilege ......................................................... 51 8. Elections ...................................................................... 51 9. Vote to Reconsider Bylaw 208 ..................................................... 52 10. Resolution “Affirmation of Partnership with the Protestant Church in East Timor” ............. 53 11. Recognition of Partnership With East Timor ........................................... 54 12. Resolution “Affirmation of Partnership Between United Congregational Church of Southern Africa and United Church of Christ” ................................................. 54 13. Resolution “Interfaith Relations and the Churches” ...................................... 55 14. Resolution “Against the Apparel Industry Partnership’s Apparel Industry Partnership Agreement (The Fair Labor Association and the Workplace Code of Conduct)” ............................. 62 -iii- 15. Blessed Interruption .............................................................. 63 16. Resolution