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...
General Conference Webmaster: Susan Brumbaugh
PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 21659-GJ-1007-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference