Decision Number 340

Decision

The merger agreement of the Georgia Annual Conference and North Georgia Annual Conference is constitutional and valid.

To the extent that the merger agreement continues overlapping boundaries of the Georgia Annual Conference Savannah District as a racial structure within the South Georgia Conference, said district shall be with the North Georgia Conference for a transitional period only in the nature of a trusteeship, subject to further merger negotiations of the North and South Georgia Annual Conferences, action of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference or General Conference to eliminate the overlapping boundaries and racial separation.