Judicial Council Fall 2025 Docket

Filing Deadlines

Deadlines for Submission of Briefs:

  • Friday, August 8, 2025: Deadline for electronic filing of Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 8 August 2025, 06:59].
  • Monday, August 18, 2025: Deadline for electronic filing of Reply Briefs. Must be transmitted by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time USA [UTC: 18 August 2025, 06:59].
  • Hardcopies must be received no later than Thursday, August 21, 2025 for distribution to Judicial Council members.

Download the revised Brief Submission Form (7/29/24) for full instructions and a hard copy mailing address.

Digital files for electronic filing should be transmitted to the Rev. Angela Brown, JD, Judicial Council Secretary, at [email protected].

Thirteen [13] hard copies of the electronic filing should be shipped to:
Rev. Angela Brown, JD, Judicial Council Secretary
c/o L. Smith, 1215 Shady Lane, Durham, NC 27712

Correspondence for the Judicial Council should be directed to the Secretary:
Rev. Angela Brown, JD, Judicial Council Secretary, at [email protected]

Docket 1025-01

IN RE: The motion requested the Judicial Council to make a declaratory decision on the status of Pastor J.J. Warren’s appointment.
Is an appointment to school adequate enough to move forward in the ordination process, if the applicant can show that they are ”bearing fruit”?
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