23 Jan GS 1980 art 19

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GS 1980 ARTICLE 19 – Revision –  Church Order

Committee II presents:

A.  Material

  • –  Agenda VIII, D, 1 –  Report of the Committee on the Revision of the Church Order; D, 2 – Additional Report from the Committee on the Church Order.

B.  Observations

  • 1.  Synod Coaldale 1977 gave the Committee for the Revision of the Church Order the following mandate:
    • a. to forward a complete draft along with brief explanations to the Churches within one year and invite comments on it.
    • b.  to submit a final draft for the General Synod and to the Churches by January 31, 1980.
    • (Acts Coaldale, Article 71, Recommendation 3a & b)
  • 2.  The Committee has completed its mandate given by Synod Coaldale 1977 in Article 71, Recommendation 3a.
  • 3.  The Committee has not completed its mandate given by Synod Coaldale 1977 in Article 71, Recommendation 3b.
  • 4.  The Committee presents to General Synod a final draft consisting of 22 Articles of the Church Order, but this draft has not yet been sent to the Churches.
  • 5.  The Committee informs Synod that it will be happy to receive any sugges­ tions and wishes in relation to the finalized 22 Articles.
  • 6.  The Committee comes to Synod with the following requests: “That Synod:
    • a. Do not adopt at the present time any article of the Church Order in its revised form, but decide to wait until the complete Draft Revised Church Order is available;
    • b.  Decide to continue the Committee for the Revision of the Church Order;
    • c.  Instruct this Committee to send a definite draft of the Revised Church Order to the Churches before January 1, 1982, soliciting remarks from the Churches, to be sent to the Committee before January 1, 1983; and to present the end-result of its work to General Synod 1983.”

C.  Considerations

  • 1.  Since the mandate under Acts Coaldale Article 71, Recommendation 3b has not been completed, it is not possible for Synod to adopt any of the 22 Articles presented.
  • 2.  Since none of these articles can be adopted by Synod and since remarks are yet to be solicited from the Churches, it serves no purpose that Synod offers any suggestions and wishes on the presented material.

D.  Recommendations

Synod decide:

  • 1.  Gratefully to acknowledge the work done thus far by the Committee for the Revision of the Church Order;
  • 2.  Not to adopt at the present time any articles of the Church Order in its revised form.
  • 3.  To continue the Committee for the Revision of the Church Order with the mandate to send a complete definite draft of the Revised Church Order to the Churches before January 1, 1982, soliciting remarks from the Churches to be sent to the Committee before January 1, 1983 and to present the result of its work to General Synod 1983.                                                                                                                       

ADOPTED

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