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The Church Council is the agency
responsible for planning the total
program of the local church for all persons by developing specific
goals, emphases, and plans for the church, and then administrating and
implementing those plans for the Church. |
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As the programming heart of the local
church, the Church Council sets goals and determines settings for
ministry in which the gospel may speak to experiences of persons of
various ages with similar persistent life
concerns and with varying individual needs. |
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Salem has undergone a change in structure to be in compliance with
the new Book of Discipline. The Council on ministries and the
Administrative Board have been combined to form the Church
Council. Paragraph 252.1 of The Book of Discipline of the United
Methodist Church 2004 states: “The Church council shall provide for
planning and implementing a program of nurture, outreach, witness, and
resources in the local church. It shall also provide for the
administration of its organizational and temporal life.” In short
the Church Council is the decision making body for the local
congregation; all other committees function under the Council’s
guidance and oversight. |
In all of its planning, the
Council will keep in mind the objective
of the church.
...that all persons be aware of and grow
in their understanding
of God, especially of his redeeming love as revealed in Jesus Christ,
and
that they respond in faith and love-to the end that they may know who
they
are and what their human situation means, increasingly identify
themselves
as sons of God and members in the Christian community, live in the
spirit
of God in every relationship, fulfill their common discipleship in the
world, and abide in the Christian hope. |
The
Church Council Meets the Third Tuesday of Every Other Month.
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