Original sentence: It did not, however, call for a ban on membership.The 1985 Methodist Conference in England said that Freemasonry competed with Christian beliefs, asking that Methodist Freemasons reconsider their membership and that Masonic meetings be banned from Methodist premises
Edited sentence: </ref> Section B of the report of the Faith and Order Committee to the 1996 Conference, Agenda pages 179-189.A further report adopted by the Conference in 1996 affirmed these judgements.In 1985 the British Methodist Conference said that Freemasonry competed with Christian beliefs, asking Methodist Freemasons to reconsider their membership, and that Masonic meetings be banned from Methodist premises.It refused to call for a ban on membership