wfn.org | Re: United Methodist Daily News note 3101

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"UNITED METHODIST DAILY NEWS" by SUSAN PEEK on Aug. 11, 1991 at 13:58 Eastern,
about FULL TEXT RELEASES FROM UNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICE (3136 notes).

Note 3136 by UMNS on Aug. 22, 1996 at 15:19 Eastern (981 characters).

Produced by United Methodist News Service, official news agency of
the United Methodist Church, with offices in Nashville, Tenn., New
York, and Washington.

Bishops launch initiative allchildren and poverty{3133}
Gambling foe praises cooperative efforts to achieve commission to
study industry impact{3134}
Two Methodist denominations latest to adopt COCU covenahe 3135}
ation's committee on COCU for review and refinement.
The committee's proposal was subsequently modified by this
assembly's committee on Catholicity. The resultant proposal for
constitutional amendments was approved by a 421-to-103 vote of the
assembly.
     These amendments were subsequently sent to the 171
presbyteries for approval. A simple majority is required to make
the changes operative when the Church of Christ Uniting is
inaugurated.
     The executive committee of the consultation has called for
the next plenary to take place in December 1998 in St. Louis.
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