Petition Text: 21659-GJ-1007-D

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Amend ¶ 1007:

1. a) The membership of the council shall consist of: sixty-three (63) 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 - 5, South Central - 9, Southeastern - 10 and Western - 4.

(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...the inclusion of clergywomen and racial ethnic persons. The nominations from the Annual Conference Jurisdictions shall be made...they may be selected from the membership of the Jurisdiction Annual Conference. The above members...

(3) One additional youth from each the Northeastern and Western Jjurisdictions under the age of eighteen...

(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;

(5) (6) Fifteen Ten (10) additional members to be elected by the council;

(a) 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, 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.

(6) (7) Three Six (6) persons from Central Conferences, two one clergy, two laywomen one laywoman, two 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;.

(7) One member elected by the Iglesia Metodista Autónoma Afiliada de Puerto Rico.

(8) The Council shall also include Tthe 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.

(9) 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.

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) 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. (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.

d c) In order to ensure representation...

d) In order to ensure representation of youth and young adults, it is recommended that the total membership be constituted by at least 10% youth and/or young adults.

f) [Second sentence] 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.

i) This action shall take effect immediately upon adjournment of the 1996 General Conference.

5. 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...

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Petition Text: 21659-GJ-1007-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference