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New Membership Vows and Ritual Are Now Available

(NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 11, 2008/GBOD) — The new baptismal and professing membership vows of The United Methodist Church adopted by delegates to the 2008 General Conference, the denomination's top legislative body, will take effect January 1, 2009.

The new membership vows and ritual are now available on the GBOD worship website at www.gbod.org/worship.

The resource includes the following information:

• An explanation of the changes made by the 2008 General Conference.
• A reminder, due to changes made at the 2004 General Conference, to please discontinue use of the vows of Baptismal Covenant III.
• Replacement texts for those portions of the Baptismal Covenant in The United Methodist Hymnal that were updated by 2008 General Conference action.

The General Board of Discipleship's mission is to support annual conference and local church leaders for their task of equipping world-changing disciples. An agency of The United Methodist Church, GBOD (www.gbod.org) is located at 1908 Grand Ave. in Nashville, Tenn. For more information, call the Media Relations Office toll free at 877-899-2780, ext. 7017.