Compliance Committee’s Terms of Reference

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