Decision Number 349

Decision

It is the decision of the Judicial Council that Constitutional Amendments V and VI must be read together in their effect upon Paragraph 36 of the Constitution. That Paragraph, Division Two, Section VII, Article I of the Constitution now reads:
"The Annual Conference shall be composed of ministerial members as defined by the General Conference, together with a lay member elected by each charge, the conference president of the Women's Society of Christian Service, the conference president of United Methodist Men, the conference lay leader, the president of the conference youth organization and two young persons under twenty-five (25) years of age from each district to be selected in such manner as may be determined by the Annual Conference. Each charge served by more than one minister shall be entitled to as many lay members as there are ministerial members. Except for the president of the conference youth organization, the lay members shall have been for the four years next preceding their election members of one of the constituent churches forming this union or of The United Methodist Church, and for one year next preceding their election as a member of the charge they are to represent."