Each category has its own unique processing characteristics. The following article attempts to explain each category of business in brief and outline the options available to the delegate body. Each agency that reports to the Annual Conference is provided an opportunity to share with the delegate body how the agency has carried out its ministry during the past year. The written reports in the booklet are an historical account of activity. The reports do not contain any items of business and are not amendable.
Time is available to ask questions of the agencies.
The delegate body has the option of accepting or rejecting agency reports. The 1997 Annual Conference business agenda has eight items of Unfinished Business. Four items are position statements being presented for final disposition. Use Statements, Deacon Ministry in the Church of the Brethren Statement, the Denominational Polity Statement on the Property and Stewardship Issues, and the Statement on Child Exploitation. All four of these items of business are amendable.