Informed by the comments received from the Executive Committee members as well as from the qualitative data gathered from dialogues conducted with divisions, the General Conference Administrative Committee has started a process of establishing certain General Conference Compliance Review Committees. Their primary objective is to review issues of non-compliance submitted by the relevant conference/union/division Administrative Committee.
By August 14, 2018, the General Conference Administrative Committee would have determined the appropriate names of these committees and identify qualified individuals to serve as members.
VOTED, To establish a plan for the compliance review committees with terms of reference as follows:
Terms of Reference for Compliance Committees
TERMS OF REFERENCE AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
1. As a committee, to be comprehensively 1. Power to Act
knowledgeable and accept as authoritative
the existing officially voted beliefs, policies,
statements, and guidelines of the General
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
germane to the committee of assignment.
2. Develop and recommend to the General 2. Power to Act
Conference Executive Committee (GCC)
Guidelines that explicitly describe the conduct
and behavior of denominational employees as
well as any individuals representing the Church
germane to the committee of assignment.
3. Examine non-compliant entities as identified 3. Power to Act
and recommended by the Administrative
Committee (ADCOM) of a conference and/union
and/or division and/or General Conference.
4. Advise and serve as a resource for the 4. Power to Act
organizational unit(s) addressing issues
of non-compliance.
5. Periodically receive progress reports from 5. Power to Act
the ADCOM of a conference and/or union and/or
division and/or General Conference developing
and implementing compliance plans and periodically
report plans and progress through the General
Conference Administrative Committee (ADCOM),
and General Conference and Division Officers (GCDO),
and the General Conference Executive Committee (GCC).
6. Exercise overview, and with divisions, work 6. Power to Act
with germane-committee-specific non-
compliance issues that primarily are the
administrative duty of unions.
7. After evaluating the results of the implementation 7. Power to
of the document “Regard for and Practice of General Recommend
Conference Session and General Conference Executive
Committee Actions”, recommend to the General
Conference Executive Committee (GCC), through
the General Administrative Committee (ADCOM),
and General Conference and Division Officers (GCDO),
the voted compliance plan of the non-compliant unit(s)
or after much prayer and consideration, recommend to
the General Conference Executive Committee (GCC),
through the General Administrative Committee (ADCOM),
and General Conference and Division Officers (GCDO),
consequences identified in the document “Regard for and
Practice of General Conference Session and General
Conference Executive Committee Actions” document for
non-compliant unit(s).
8. Process appeals received from non-compliant unit(s) 8. Power to Act
which do not agree with the recommendations of the
appropriate Administrative Committee