North Georgia Annual Conference

For conference action · Property

Property Resolutions

Trustees / Floor · 2026

Property resolutions are taken up in Friday's afternoon business session. These authorize the disposition (sale, transfer, or other handling) of real property of closed and discontinued churches, which under the Book of Discipline passes to the conference Board of Trustees. The specific properties are presented at the session. (The Board of Trustees' own written report states it has no matters before the conference for vote; the property resolutions are brought as floor business.)

Conference Board of Trustees

Book of Discipline ¶2549

For Conference Action — Friday afternoon business session.

When a local church is closed or discontinued, its real and personal property is held by and disposed of through the Conference Board of Trustees under the Book of Discipline (¶2549 and the conference's trust provisions). Property resolutions authorize the conference's handling of that property — sale, transfer, or other disposition — and direct the use of net sale proceeds.

For North Georgia, net sales proceeds from closed-church property flow into the Barnes Fund for Church Development, with CFA/Trustees-approved distribution percentages (for 2025–26: BEAT innovative-ministry grants 5%, emerging-congregations grants 40%, ethnic-ministries funding 7.5%, church-property revitalization district grants 35%, Methodist Center property reserves 10%, contingency/lawsuit funding 2.5%).

The specific property resolutions are presented at the session; the written Conference Board of Trustees report (209) states the Board "has no matters before you for vote," so these come as floor business.

Source: 2026 NGC Handbook — Agenda (Friday, Session Five) + Conference Board of Trustees report 209 · p. 222

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