Judicial Council

Most Recent Decisions

#	Title	Date	Type
1374	IN RE: An Appeal from the Decision of the North Central Jurisdiction Committee on Appeals Regarding the Order of the Committee on Appeals suspending as a "pause" the Judicial Proceedings in the Matter of Rev. David Wayne Meredith.	February 21, 2019	Memorandum
1373	MEMORANDUM NO. 1373 IN RE: Administrative Appeal of Rev. Eric Seise from the Southeastern Jurisdictional Committee on Appeals.	February 21, 2019	Decision
1372	IN RE: Review of a Bishop's Decision of Law in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference concerning if it is permissible to schedule "Church Superconferences" at locations other than the involved local churches.	February 21, 2019	Decision
1371	IN RE: Review of a Bishop's Decision of Law in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference concerning if the bishop, committee(s) or agency(ies) have the authority to join and participate in a lawsuit filed against the New Jersey State Board of Education and Acting Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education.	February 21, 2019	Decision
1370	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters regarding the constitutionality, meaning, application, and effect of ¶ 408.1(b) in relation to ¶¶ 30, 542.2, 543.17, and 2201.2 of The Book of Discipline 2016.	February 21, 2019	Decision
1369	IN RE: Review of a Bishop's Decision of Law in the North Texas Annual Conference concerning if (a) the term "in our churches" in ¶ 341.6 include property outside the walls of a church building and (b) the annual conference can interpret the meaning of a clause in The Book of Discipline 2016.	February 21, 2019	Memorandum
1368	IN RE: Review of a Bishop's Decision of Law in the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference concerning if the clergy session must (a) exclude a portion of the report of the Board of Ordained Ministry based on a policy that is not compliant with The Book of Discipline 2016 and (b) exclude from consideration two candidates who acknowledged in writing that they are married to persons of the same gender.	February 21, 2019	Decision
1368	IN RE: Appeal of Rev. David Wayne Meredith from the decision of the North Central Jurisdictional Committee on Appeals.	October 26, 2018	Memorandum
1367	IN RE: Appeal of the Counsel for the Church of the West Ohio Conference from the decision of the North Central Jurisdictional Committee on Appeals.	October 26, 2018	Memorandum
1365	IN RE: Petitions for Declaratory Decision from the Upper New York Annual Conference, the New England Annual Conference, the East Ohio Annual Conference, and the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference regarding the constitutionality and legality of mandatory registration fees for non-delegates at the called session of General Conference.	October 26, 2018	Memorandum
1364	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the Minnesota Annual Conference regarding the constitutionality and legality of mandatory registration fees for non-delegates at the called session of General Conference.	October 26, 2018	Memorandum
1362	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the Commission on the General Conference regarding the meaning, application, and effect of ¶¶ 13, 14, 15, 34, 35, 36, and 511 of The Book of Discipline 2016 in relation to a violation of the General Conference Rules of Order.	October 26, 2018	Decision