Structure

Council

The Council meets once per year. It is constituted as follows:

The Central Conferences of Germany and of Central and Southern Europe of the United Methodist Church and the British Conference: five members each (including the Bishop, President, or some other senior church leader and at least two lay representatives).
The Northern Europe and Eurasia Central Conference: six members (including two Bishops and at least two lay representatives).
The Irish Conference: three members (including the President or some other senior church leader and one lay representative).
Other churches: two members each (including a senior church leader).
Observers: one member each, with a voice but no vote. Observers are currently the Representative of the World Methodist Council and the Europe Secretary of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church.

The Council relates to other Methodist bodies in Europe: the European Methodist Youth Council and the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women (Europe: Continental and Europe: Britain & Ireland Areas).

Organisational diagram of European Methodist Council, Council at top, then Executive as a subsidiary, plus Festival planning group as subsidiary and 4 commissions answerable to the Council

Executive

The Executive consists of a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson, a Secretary and a Treasurer, known as the Officers, and up to three other persons appointed by the Council. The Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson represent different Methodist traditions. The Executive meets when required but normally conducts its business by correspondence.

The Council has one standing Committee: "Fund Mission in Europe". The responsibility of FMiE is to raise and distribute funds for those churches and conferences in Europe who need help in their mission and social work.

Related Organisations

The Council works with a number of organisations around Europe and the world. These organisations are invited to give a report to the Council

European Methodist Youth and Children (EMYC). EMYC and the Council report to each other, and send a representative to each other’s meeting. The executives of EMYC and EMC may meet annually to discuss issues of common interest and coordinate project proposals and other matters to the councils.
European Commission on Mission (ECOM). If not otherwise represented in the Council, ECOM is welcome to send its chairperson to council meetings with expenses paid by the Council
European Lay Seminars.
Joint Commission of the United Methodist Central Conferences in Europe. The United Methodist members of the Council meet in a separate session to deal with matters of common interest.
The United Methodist European Historic Commission.
The World Methodist Council (WMC)
World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women (Europe Continental) and World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women (Britain and Ireland).
General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church (GBGM),

To download the Constitution of the European Methodist Council (English version only), please click here.