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AC 2009 Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Delegates to the 2009 Annual Conference will vote on 32 constitutional amendments. The proposed amendments came out of the 2008 General Conference. Most of these amendments deal with changing the structure of the denomination.

Download Proposed Constitutional Amendments (PDF).

Note: There is an error in Amendment XXV of the Proposed Constitutional Amendments. The reference in the second paragraph in two places (one relating to the 2004 Discipline and the other to the 2008) should be to Article II and not Article I as printed.

Download Rationale For and Against Constitutional Amendments (PDF).

2008 General Conference delegation from the Kentucky Annual Conference
(If you have questions about the amendments, you may contact a member of the delegation for their perspective on them.)

Chris Harman (Chair of the Delegation)   chumc14@bellsouth.net
Debbie Wallace-Padgett (Vice-Chair of the Delegation) dpadgett@stlukeumc.org
Carol Ackley     cackley@fuse.net
Bill Arnold     bill_arnold@asburyseminary.edu
Mel Bowdan     mbowdanjr@aol.com
Kenneth Cummings    kcummings@kyumc.org
Maxie Dunnam    maxie_dunnam@asburyseminary.edu
Tom Eblen     teblen@vitalchurch.com
Tom Grieb     tgrieb@stpaulchurch.net
Linda King     lking8412@insighbb.com
Verna McKinney    mckinneyky@aol.com
Mike Powers     mtpowers@insightbb.com
Ed Shytle     edshytle@att.net
Tom Smith     tsmith@kyumc.org
Jayne Squires     jsquires@windstream.net
Jeanette Westerfield    dajlwest@insightbb.com