In the 2004 Book of Discipline, Division Two, Section VI, ¶ 32, Article I, (2008 Book of Discipline, Division Two,
Section VI, ¶ 32, Article I) amend by deletion and addition, as follows:
Delete “central” before “conferences” and add “regional” before “conferences” and add “(The change in name from
“central” to “regional” takes effect January 1, 2013 at which time this parenthetical procedural note will be removed
from the Constitution.)” at end of the paragraph. In a separate action on ¶ 35, an editorial change was proposed to
replace “probationary members” with “provisional members” wherever the term appears in the constitution.
If voted and so declared by the Council of Bishops, ¶ 32 (¶ 32) would read:
The annual conference shall be composed of clergy and lay members. The clergy membership shall consist
of deacons and elders in full connection, provisional members, associate members, and local pastors under
appointment. The lay membership shall consist of professing members elected by each charge, the diaconal
ministers, the active deaconesses and home missioners under episcopal appointment within the bounds of the
annual conference, the conference president of United Methodist Women, the conference president of United
Methodist Men, the conference lay leader, district lay leaders, the conference director of Lay Speaking Ministries,
Conference Secretary of Global Ministries (if lay), the president or equivalent officer of the conference young
adult organization, the president of the conference youth organization, the chair of the annual conference college
student organization, and one young person between the ages of twelve (12) and seventeen (17) and one young
person between the ages of eighteen (18) and thirty (30) from each district to be selected in such a manner as may
be determined by the annual conference. In the annual conferences of the regional conferences, the four-year
participation and the two-year membership requirements may be waived by the annual conference for young
persons under thirty (30) years of age. Such persons must be professing members of The United Methodist Church
and active participants at the time of election. Each charge served by more than one clergy shall be entitled to as
many lay members as there are clergy members. The lay members shall have been for the two years next preceding
their election members of The United Methodist Church and shall have been active participants in The United
Methodist Church for at least four years next preceding their election.
If the lay membership shall number less than the clergy members of the annual conference, the annual conference
shall, by its own formula, provide for the election of additional lay members to equalize lay and clergy membership
of the annual conference.
(The change in name from “central” to “regional” takes effect January 1, 2013 at which time this parenthetical
procedural note will be removed from the Constitution.)
AND
Proposed Constitutional Amendment – XV
On May 1, 2008, at a session of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church held in Fort Worth,
Texas, the following Constitutional Amendment was made by a recorded vote of 718 Yes, 117 No. It is now
presented to the Annual Conferences for vote.
In the 2004 Book of Discipline, Division Two, Section VI, ¶ 32, Article I, (2008 Book of Discipline, Division
Two, Section VI, ¶ 32, Article I) amend by deletion and addition, as follows:
Delete everything in the first paragraph following “shall be composed of ” and add “lay and clergy members as
defined by the General Conference. Lay members shall have been professing members of The United Methodist
Church for one year preceding their election.”
If voted and so declared by the Council of Bishops, ¶ 32 (¶ 32) would read:
The annual conference shall be composed of lay and clergy members as defined by the General Conference. Lay
members shall have been professing members of The United Methodist Church for one year preceding their
election.
2009 Missouri Annual Conference C-11
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