GAPJC Members and Electoral Process
he General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission (GAPJC) is composed of one member from each of its constituent synods. One’s membership on the GAPJC shall end when he or she transfers membership to a church or presbytery outside the synod from which nominated. In each odd-numbered year, the General Assembly shall elect members for a term of six years to fill the vacancies then occurring. Their terms of office will begin with the dissolution of the General Assembly at which they are elected.
Any vacancy due to resignation, death, or any other cause may be filled by the electing governing body, which may elect a person to fill the unexpired term at any meeting thereof.
Members of the GAPJC
Executive Committee
Moderator, Susan Cornman
Vice-Moderator, Tony Cook
Clerk, Gregory Goodwiller
Assistant Clerk, Meta Cramer
Class of 2012
Yun Jin Kim, Synod of Mid-Atlantic
Susan Corman, Synod of the Rocky Mountains
Gregory A. Goodwiller, Synod of Living Waters
Rebecca New, Synod of Mid-America
William E. Scheu, Synod of South Atlantic
Class of 2014
Flor Vélez-Diaz , Synod of Puerto Rico
Bradley Copeland, Synod of Southern California and Hawaii
Meta Cramer, Synod of the Covenant
Tony Cook, Synod of Alaska/Northwest
H. Clifford Looney, Synod of the Pacific
Michael Lukens, Synod of Lakes and Prairies
Class of 2016
Jay Lewis, Synod of the Trinity
Margaret MacLeod, Synod of the Northeast
Jeana Lungwitz, Synod of the Sun
A. Bates Butler, Synod of the Southwest
Barbara Bundick, Synod of Lincoln Trails