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"UNITED METHODIST DAILY NEWS 97" by SUSAN PEEK on April 15, 1997 at 14:24
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Dates set for bishops, agency leaders
to meet with Connectional Process Team

                 by United Methodist News Service

     The Connectional Process Team (CPT), created by the 1996
General Conference to manage, guide and promote a transformational
direction for the United Methodist Church, will meet with the
Council of Bishops during their semi-annual meeting at Lake
Junaluska, N.C., Nov. 1-7.  
     The 38-member team also will meet with general secretaries
and presidents of general agencies Nov. 7 at a yet undetermined
location.
     Purpose of the meetings, according CPT president Bishop
Sharon Brown Christopher, is to "glean their understanding of the
current situation of the United Methodist Church and their vision
that will contribute to a vital United Methodist Church for the
21st Century."
     The CPT has outlined a listening process across the church to
seek the vision to which God is calling the church.  The plan
calls for listening to congregations and reviewing the work of the
1992-96 Connectional Issues Study Task Force related to the
General Council on Ministries and the Global Nature of the Church
study conducted by the Council of Bishops.  
     The group also will listen to ecumenical bodies such as the
World Methodist Council and the Council of Evangelical Methodist
Churches of Latin America (CIEMAL).  Even people unrelated to the
church will be heard, according to Christopher.
     CPT representatives will meet June 19 to plan the two fall
meetings.
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