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The Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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At the Methodist Protestant Conference in Jonesboro, Ind., on Aug. 21, delegates adopted a resolution making women eligible for church elders by a large majority, despite opposition. It requires two-thirds of U.S. conferences for enactment.
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MARION, Ind., Aug. 21.-To-day's session of the Methodist Protestant Conference, at Jonesboro, was given over to the considering of overtures handed down from the General Conference. The first overture was the most important, as its adoption makes women eligible to the order of elders in the church. Discussion waxed warm, Revs. W. W. Bundy, of Lancaster, and O. Louther opposing the resolution, which was adopted, however, by a large majority. This overture when adopted by two-thirds of all the conferences in the United States becomes a law of the General Conference.
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Jonesboro
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Aug. 21
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resolution adopted by a large majority
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Today's session of the Methodist Protestant Conference considered overtures from the General Conference. The first overture, making women eligible to the order of elders in the church, was discussed warmly with opposition from Revs. W. W. Bundy of Lancaster and O. Louther, but adopted by a large majority. This overture becomes law if adopted by two-thirds of all conferences in the United States.