2016 Wesleyan Discipline:B. General Board Voting Membership

B. Voting Membership

1605. The General Board is composed of the General Superintendent and area representatives:

(1) General Superintendent. The General Superintendent is a member of the General Board by virtue of office.

(2) Area Representatives. Three ordained ministers and three lay members shall be elected by the General Conference from each representative area to serve as members of the General Board (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:340:1; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1590:18; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:2430-2445). In order to accomplish broad representation when electing area representatives to the General Board, it is recommended that no more than two persons be elected from any one district. They shall serve from the close of the session at which they are elected until the close of the succeeding General Conference and until their successors are elected and qualified. Whenever an area representative shall transfer residence or membership outside the area represented, the General Board shall declare the office vacant and shall fill the vacancy in such a manner as to maintain the representation provided for herewith. An area representative, who is not a voting member of the General Conference by some other right, is a voting member of the General Conference by virtue of membership on the General Board (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1503:1c).