The Committee recommends concurrence by substitution as amended as follows:
Amend Paragraph 1007 as follows:
¶ 1007. Organization.--1. Membership.--a) The membership of the council
shall consist of : sixty-four (64) members constituted in
accordance with (¶ 805.3a) of the General Provisions. The
membership shall be constituted as follows:
(1) Jurisdictional members-Clergy, laywomen and laymen shall be elected to the council by the jurisdictional conference upon nomination from the annual conference in accordance with ¶ 805.3b, based on the following formula: North Central - 6, Northeastern - 7, South Central -8, Southeastern - 11 and Western - 3.
(a) (1) One member from each Annual Conference and Missionary
Conference within the United States and Puerto Rico These members
shall be elected by the jurisdictional conference from a list of nominees
submitted by each annual conference and each Missionary Conference which shall
include at least one laywoman, one layman, and one from the clergy, with
special attention to the inclusion of clergywomen . and
racial ethnic persons. The nominations from the Annual
Conference Jurisdictions shall be made from the General
Conference delegates. If there is not an adequate number of persons from the
nominees, additional nominees may be selected from the jurisdictional
delegates, and if additional nominees are further required, they may be
selected from the membership of the Jurisdiction Annual
Conference. The above members shall consist, so far as possible, of one-
third
laywomen, one-
third
laymen, and one-
third
clergy.
(2) Supplemental Members -- One central conference member from the North Shaba Annual Conference and one member from the Nigeria Annual Conference as supplemental members according to the provisions of ¶805.2c.
(3) (7) Three Five (5) persons from Central
Conferences, at least two one clergy, two
laywomen one laywoman, one laymen one
layman, and one alternate for each (who may attend if the
elected member for whom he/she is the alternate cannot attend) nominated by the
Council of Bishops and elected by the General Council on
Ministries;.
(4) (2) A bishop from each jurisdiction and one bishop
from the Central Conferences selected by the Council of Bishops (see ¶
810.10);
(5) (3) One additional youth from
each the Northeastern and Western
Jjurisdictions under the age of eighteen at
the time of their election, nominated by the Jurisdictional Youth Ministry
Organization and elected by the jurisdictional conference ;
(6) (4) One young adult under age thirty at the time
of their election from each the North Central, South
Central and Southeastern Jjurisdictions elected by
the jurisdictional conference;
(7) (6) Fifteen Ten (10)
additional members to be elected by the council;
(a) c) Of the additional members elected by the
council, in order to ensure that one-
fourth
of the council's membership may represent racial and ethnic groups, it is
recommended that there shall be not less than two representatives from each of
the following groups: Asian Americans, Black Americans, Hispanic Americans,
and Native Americans and Pacific Islanders. (The
council shall receive nominations from the racial and ethnic caucuses and
ethnic annual conferences of these respective groups prior to the report of
their nominating committee.) Insofar as possible, these additional members
should be one-
third
laywomen, one-
third
laymen, and one-
third
clergy, with special attention to the inclusion of at least one clergywoman
from each jurisdiction. Insofar as possible, these additional members will
come from annual conferences not currently represented.
(b) It is further recommended that the council elect at least one member without vote from among the member churches of the Consultation on Church Union other than The United Methodist Church as an additional member.
(8) One member elected by the Iglesia Metodista Autónoma Afiliada de Puerto Rico.
(9) The Council shall also include T the
general secretaries who serve as the chief executive officers of the general
program agencies; the publisher and a representative of the General Board of
Publication; the general secretary and a representative of the
General Commission on Archives and History; the general secretary and a
representative of the General Commission on Communication; and
the director of the Advance shall be members with voice but without
vote.25 The agency may provide additional representatives with voice at the
expense of the agency.
(10) The Chairperson of the National Association of Conference Council Directors.
(11) If not otherwise provided at the beginning of the quadrennium, one Conference Council Director per jurisdiction shall be elected as a voting member of the council.
(12) The elected staff shall sit with the council with voice but without vote.
b) No member s of the council representing
Annual Conferences, members at large, and bishops, except the bishop from the
Western Jurisdiction, shall not serve on any boards
or commissions or the divisions thereof having representation on the General
Council on Ministries.
c) d) In order to ensure representation of older
adults, it is recommended that at least one clergy member, one layman member,
and one laywoman member be over sixty-
five
years of age.
d) In order to ensure representation of youth and young adults, it is recommended that the total membership be constituted by at least 5% youth and 5% young adults.
e) It is recommended that each jurisdictional conference give consideration to electing to membership on the council at least one- third of the same persons elected to the council by the preceding jurisdictional conference.
f) When the committee selected to nominate the additional members of the
General Council on Ministries meets prior to the organizational meeting, it
shall determine the number of persons nominated by the annual conference and
elected by the jurisdictional conference who were members of the council the
previous quadrennium. If the number is less than ten
twenty, the Nominating Committee is encouraged to
shall nominate enough persons from the eligible membership of
the council in the previous quadrennium to bring this number to ten.
twenty. These persons shall be in addition to the fifteen additional
members.
g) The members of the council shall serve for four years or until the convening of the organizational meeting. No voting member shall be eligible to serve for more than two consecutive four- year terms.
h) If a bishop is unable to attend a meeting of the council, that bishop may designate an alternate bishop from the same jurisdiction.
Amend para 1007.5d as follows:
d) Administering Agencies.--Agencies authorized to recommend projects and
receive and administer funds for general Advance special projects shall be
the World and National Divisions and the
following designated programmatic units of the General Board of Global
Ministries: Evangelization and Church Growth Program Area, Community and
Institutional Ministries Program Area, Mission Contexts and Relationships
Program Area, Mission Personnel Program Area, United Methodist Committee on
Relief, Department of the General Board of Global
Ministries, and such other agencies as are designated by the General
Council on Ministries. The administering agencies shall report annually to the
Advance Committee on the financial progress of projects and assist in providing
programmatic information as requested.
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Calendar Item Text: 1752-10071996 United Methodist General Conference