Membership.--The total membership of the commission shall be
forty-eight twenty-two, composed of two bishops
appointed by the Council of Bishops, and
six twenty persons elected by each
the jurisdictions from the Annual Conference nominations 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, and sixteen additional
members to be elected by the commission. It is recommended that at
least four half of the six persons
elected by each jurisdiction be from ethnic groups (Asian American, Black
American, Hispanic American, and Native American). At least two of the
six shall be women, and at least one under the age of thirty. Further, it is
recommended that of the members at large, four members shall be elected from
each of the four racial and ethnic groups (Asian American, Black American,
Hispanic American, and Native American). Of the sixteen additional members
there shall be two young adults between the ages of nineteen and thirty and two
youth under nineteen.
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 20646-GJ-2103-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference