01 Mar 2008

March 2008 - General Conference 2008

The Methodist Church in Malaysia, 15-20 September, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

GC Secretary Mr Tung Kam SengPreparations are underway for the 9th Session General Conference in September. According to Mr Tung Kam Seng, the GC Secretary, this gathering will have two events of note besides the usual business matters of the General Conference.
 
The first is the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the autonomy of the Methodist Church. In 1968 it became a separate General Conference from the United Methodist Church, USA, known then as the Methodist Church in Malaysia and Singapore.
 
The second is a series of four workshops that covers various aspects of the life of the Methodist Church. These are (i) Evangelism & Church Planting, (ii) Discipleship (Prayer, Bible Study, Holy Living, Small Groups, etc.), (iii) Church & Society, and (iv) Missions.

More information will be forthcoming. Let us uphold this gathering as Methodists discuss and decide on matters of importance and strategic to the growth of the Church and its fulfillment of the purposes of God.

 

Petitions To The 9th Session General Conference
The Methodist Church In Malaysia

Petitions to the General Conference for the revision of any provision in The Book of Discipline of The Methodist Church in Malaysia 2004 (hereinafter referred to as the “Methodist Discipline”) may be made by any organization, minister or lay member of the Methodist Church in accordance with Para. 507 of the Methodist Discipline.
 
The Petition Forms are available at all Annual Conference head offices or from the Methodist Headquarters at No. 69, Jalan 5/31, 46000 Petaling Jaya. (Email: gc@methodistchurch.org.my). 

Each petition should make reference to the specific provision in the Methodist Discipline 2004. All petitions should be submitted in triplicate not later than July 16, 2008, to:
 
The General Conference Secretary
Methodist Headquarters
69, Jalan 5/31
46000 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan. 

EXTRACT OF PARA. 507 OF METHODIST DISCIPLINE 

Petitions to General Conference:
Any organization, minister, or lay member of The Methodist Church may petition The General Conference by sending to the secretary a signed petition addressed to the members of the General Conference stating the local church of which each petitioner is a member. Each petition shall meet the following requirements: 

Three copies of it should be supplied to the General Conference secretary in time to be received by him not later than sixty days before the opening day of the General Conference session, except that the sixty day rule shall not apply to the case of Annual Conferences which meet less than sixty days prior to the opening day of the General Conference.
 
It should deal with only one subject and should propose revisions within only one chapter of the Discipline. 

If it is one of a series each petition should be written on a separate sheet.

All petitions received in time shall be processed by the secretary in order that they may be received by the appropriate legislative committees at their first meeting.