1. The Nominations Committee heard the concerns raised in the plenary and has seriously considered each proposal for change which was received. Following considerable discussion, however, we are able to recommend only a few changes to Doc. NC 02.1.
2. In light of the discussion in the plenary about increasing youth participation, we hoped that the Committee would receive a number of replacement youth nominations. However this turned out not to be the case: only one church made such a recommendation. In addition we were informed that one delegate marked as youth was actually over 30, and we agreed to replace one youth with a woman because that church had been represented during the previous period by a youth. The net result, therefore, is one less youth than in the first slate proposed. Needless to say, the Committee is deeply disappointed in this outcome.
3. The proposed replacements are as follows:
AF |
Rev. Dr Elisée Musemakweli |
Presbyterian Church in Rwanda |
M |
O |
|
replaces |
Dr Endor Modeste Rakoto |
Malagasy Lutheran Church |
M |
O |
|
AS |
Mrs Prabhjot Prim Rose Masih |
Church of North India |
F |
O |
|
replaces |
Ms Vinata Kellellu |
Church of North India |
F |
L |
Y |
CA |
Rev. Glenna Spencer |
Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas |
F |
O |
|
replaces |
Rev. Dr Héctor Méndez Rodriguez |
Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba |
M |
O |
|
NA |
Rev. Gretchen Schoon-Tanis |
Reformed Church in America |
F |
O |
Y |
replaces |
Rev. Dr Wesley Granberg-Michaelson |
Reformed Church in America |
M |
O |
4. The corrections are as follows:
EU |
Mme Marie-Christine Michau |
Evangelical Lutheran Church of France |
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not |
Reformed Church of France |
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Archbishop Joris Vercammen |
Old-Catholic Church of the Netherlands |
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not |
International Old-Catholic Bishops Conference |
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PA |
Rev. Sanele Faasua Lavatai |
Methodist Church of Samoa |
M |
O |
(not Y) |
5. Taking into account these changes, the revised slate shows the following composition (the regional balances remain the same) :
Category |
Number |
% |
Demographics |
||
Women |
63 |
42% |
Youth |
21 |
14% |
Lay |
54 |
36% |
Indigenous |
6 |
4% |
Disabled |
1 |
1% |
Church family |
||
African Instituted |
2 |
1% |
Anglican |
15 |
10% |
Baptist |
4 |
3% |
Disciples |
1 |
1% |
Free |
3 |
2% |
Independent |
1 |
1% |
Lutheran |
19 |
13% |
Mar Thoma |
1 |
1% |
Methodist |
21 |
14% |
Post-denominational |
2 |
1% |
Old Catholic |
1 |
1% |
Orthodox Eastern |
28 |
19% |
Orthodox Oriental |
10 |
7% |
Pentecostal |
1 |
1% |
Reformed |
1 |
1% |
United and Uniting |
15 |
10% |
150 |
100% |