Decision Number 225

Decision

The Secretarial Council of the Inter board Commission on the Local Church is not a "board or body" of the General Conference which is entitled to petition the Judicial Council for a declaratory decision under Paragraph 914. In any event, the question sought to be raised by the petition, i.e., the right of a local church to determine who may attend its worship services has been determined by General Conference enactment of Paragraph 106.1 in May, 1964; and any asserted ambiguity as to the position of The Methodist Church prior to that date can no longer affect the work of any board or body of the General Conference.