Memorandum Number 853

Review of Bishop's Decisions of Law in the Northern Illinois Annual Conference On Removal of Descriptive References From Northern Illinois Annual Conference Churches and Official Organizations and On What Is Included in the Term "Official Bodies of the Church."

Digest

The requests for decisions of law were improperly presented and out of order at the "special session" of the Northern Illinois Annual Conference meeting of November 14, 1998.

Therefore, the bishop's ruling is improper and null and void.