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1) The
General Conference
The
General Conference is the supreme body of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. It is composed of the Bishops, as
ex-officio presidents, according to the rank of election, and
an equal number of ministerial and lay delegates, elected by
each of the Annual Conferences and the lay Electoral Colleges
of the Annual Conferences. Other ex-officio members are:
the General Officers, College Presidents, Deans of Theological
Seminaries; Chaplains in the Regular Armed Forces of the
U.S.A. The General Conference meets quadrennialy (every
four years), but may have extra sessions in certain
emergencies.
2)
Council of Bishops
The
Council of Bishops is the Executive Branch of the Connectional
Church. It has the general oversight of the Church during the
interim between General Conferences. The Council of Bishops
shall meet annually at such time and place as the majority of
the Council shall determine and also at such other times as
may be deemed necessary in the discharging its responsibility
as the Executive Branch of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church. The Council of Bishops shall hold at least two public
sessions at each annual meeting. At the first,
complaints and petitions against a Bishop shall be heard, at
the second, the decisions of the Council shall be made
public. All decisions shall be in writing.
3)
Board of Incorporators
The Board
of Incorporators, also known as the General Board of Trustees,
has the supervision, in trust, of all connectional property of
the Church and is vested with authority to act in behalf of th
Connectional Church wherever necessary.
4) The
General Board
The
General Board is in many respects the administrative body and
is comprised of various departmental Commissions made up of
the respective Secretary-Treasurer, the General Secretary of
the A.M.E,. Church the General Treasurer and the members of
the various Commissions and one Bishop as presiding officer
with the other Bishops associating.
5)
Judicial Council
The
Judicial Council is the highest judicatory body of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. It is an appellate court, elected
by the General Conference and is amenable to it.
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