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Decision Number 945

SUBJECT TO FINAL EDITING


October 24, 2002

Request from the Kansas West Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision Related to the Equitable Compensation of Women Pastors.

Digest


The Judicial Council does not have jurisdiction in this matter as the purported request for a declaratory decision does not seek a determination of the meaning, application or effect of any specific paragraph of the 2000 Discipline which is a requirement for request of a declaratory decision under ¶ 2610 of the Discipline.

Statement of Facts


The Judicial Council does not have jurisdiction in this matter as the purported request for a declaratory decision does not seek a determination of the meaning, application or effect of any specific paragraph of the 2000 Discipline which is a requirement for request of a declaratory decision under ¶ 2610 of the Discipline.

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