icle II. Name.--The name of the Church shall be The
39. Article V.--The lay delegates to the General and jurisdictional or central conferences shall be elected by the lay members of the annual conference or provisional annual conference without regard to age, provided such delegates56 shall have been members of The United Methodist Church for at least two years next preceding their election, and shall have been active participants in The United Methodist Church for at least four years next preceding their election,57 and are members thereof within the annual conference electing them at the time of holding the General and jurisdictional or central conferences.58
56Amended 1972.
57Amended 1976.
58See Judicial Council Decisions 346, 354, 403.
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1992 Book of Discipline: ¶ 39
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