21 Jun GS 1998 art 112
GS 1998 Article 112 – Overture of Burlington Fellowship re Women’s Voting
Committee IV presents: Agenda item II.RR
I. MATERIAL:
Overture from the Fellowship Church at Burlington-South regarding the involvement of sisters of the congregation in the election of officebearers.
II. ADMISSIBILITY:
This is not an appeal, but an overture that comes directly from a church to General Synod. The subject matter does concern the churches in common, but it is a new matter, and therefore Article 30 of the Church Order applies: “A new matter which has not previously been presented to that major assembly may be put on the agenda only when the minor assembly has dealt with it.”
III. RECOMMENDATION:
Synod declare this overture inadmissible on the ground of Article 30 of the Church Order.