Petition Text: 20644-GJ-2006.1-D

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Amend ¶2006.1:

1. ...Central Conference;, and four twenty persons from each jurisdiction, elected by the Jurisdictional Conferences on a ratio providing for an equitable distribution among the various jurisdictions, based on the combined clergy and laity memberships thereof as determined by the secretary of the General Conference, provided that no jurisdiction shall be represented by fewer than two members (see ¶805); fourteen other persons with vote selected by the elected commission at the organizational meeting. It is recommended that persons elected by each the jurisdictions and by the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns be inclusive of ethnic representation--Asian American, Black American, Hispanic American, and Native American. Two additional members with vote may include persons from the other churches in the Consultation on Church Union.

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Petition Text: 20644-GJ-2006.1-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference