General Conference Bulletin, vol. 4

CONSTITUTION OF THE PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE

ARTICLE 1. NAME. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.20

This organization shall be known as the Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.21

ARTICLE 2. OBJECT. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.22

The object of this Conference shall be the unify and extend the work of the everlasting gospel throughout this Conference and the mission fields of the world. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.23

ARTICLE 3. TERRITORY. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.24

This Conference shall comprise the States of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Nevada. the Province of British Columbia, the Territory of Alaska, and such other territory as may hereafter come under its supervision. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.25

ARTICLE 4. MEMBERSHIP. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.26

Section 1. This Conference shall be composed of such local Conference as or may be organized in any part of its territory, said Conferences having been accepted by vote of the Union Conference. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.27

Sec. 2. The voters of said Conference shall be the duly accredited delegates from the local Conferences, members of the Pacific Union Conference, and such laborers of the Pacific Union Conference as shall receive delegates’ credentials from the Executive Committee. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.28

Sec. 3. Each local Conference and mission field shall be entitled to one delegate in the sessions of this Conference without regard to numbers, and one additional delegate for every three hundred church members in the Conference. Such delegates shall be elected by the local Conference or appointed by its executive committee. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.29

Sec. 4. That the three great branches of our work-the educational, medical, and publishing—shall each be entitled to three delegates in sessions of the Conference, such delegates to be chosen by the Executive Committee of the Union Conference. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.30

ARTICLE 5. OFFICERS. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.31

Sec. 1. The officers of this Conference shall be a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, an Auditor, and an Executive Committee of nine of which the president of the Union Conference, and the president of each local Conference in the Union, shall be members. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.32

Sec. 2. The officers not otherwise provided for shall be elected at the regular sessions of the Conference, and shall hold their offices for the term of two years, or until their successors are elected, and appear to enter upon their duties. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.33

ARTICLE 6. SESSIONS. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.34

Sec. 1. This Conference shall hold regular sessions at intervals of about two years at such date and place as the Executive Committee shall designate, by a notice published in the Review and Herald and the Signs of the Times at least three weeks before the date of the meeting. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.35

Sec. 2. The Executive Committee may call extra sessions if occasion requires by a like notice, and the transactions of such sessions shall be equally valid with those of the regular sessions. GCB April 21, 1901, page 361.36

ARTICLE 7. TRUSTEES, COMMITTEE, AND AGENTS. GCB April 21, 1901, page 362.1

The voters of this Conference shall at each regular session elect the board of management of such institutions and enterprises as are and may be connected with this organization, in accordance with the acts governing the same; and this Conference shall employ such committees, agents, ministers, missionaries, and other persons as may be necessary to effectually carry on its work. GCB April 21, 1901, page 362.2

ARTICLE 8. AMENDMENTS. GCB April 21, 1901, page 362.3

This Constitution may be amended by a three-fourths vote of the voters present at any session, provided, That if it be proposed to amend the Constitution at a special session, notice of the proposed amendment shall be given in the call for such special sessions. GCB April 21, 1901, page 362.4