Judicial Council

Most Recent Decisions

#	Title	Date	Type
1507	IN RE: Use of ¶2549 Related to Petitions to Annual Conference Requesting Church Closure. The Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference requests a Declaratory Decision from the Judicial Council Pursuant to ¶2549.2b of the Discipline, as amended by Petition 20159 at the postponed 2020 General Conference. Is it proper or permissible for a local church’s Church Council to form a petition asking for the Annual Conference to close that church or is it in conflict with the church law around the role of the Charge Conference of that local church especially Section IX of the Constitution and ¶¶244.1, 246.1, and 252?	October 26, 2024	Decision
1506	IN RE: General Conference Petition for a Declaratory Decision Concerning the Constitutionality and Application of ¶ 101 as Amended by the Adoption of Calendar Item 283, in Relation to ¶¶ 27 and 31.5 Under Article V of the Constitution, and Specifically Whether Jurisdictions Have the Authority to Adapt The Book of Discipline in the Same Manner as Central Conferences.	May 03, 2024	Memorandum
1505	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the 2024 General Conference to clarify Judicial Council Decision 1501 regarding how ¶407 relates to ¶512.3, and whether a bishop elected in 2022 can be transferred to another jurisdiction in less time than contemplated by Judicial Council Decision 1501.	May 03, 2024	Decision
1504	IN RE: General Conference Petition for a Declaratory Decision as to Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶ 32, Article 1 of the Constitution, and ¶ 602.4 and ¶ 602.6 of the 2016 Book of Discipline regarding the rights of Deaconesses to Membership, Participation, and Vote in the Annual Conference.	May 03, 2024	Memorandum
1503	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the 2024 General Conference on the Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶ 2533 of the 2016 Book of Discipline Concerning the Right of the Board of Trustees of a Local Church to Adopt Policies Prohibiting the Conduct of Same-Sex Marriage Ceremonies	May 03, 2024	Decision
1502	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the 2024 General Conference on the Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶ 512 of the 2016 Book of Discipline Concerning the Authority of the Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy to Recommend the Number of Bishops in the Jurisdictions.	May 03, 2024	Decision
1501	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the 2024 General Conference on the meaning, application, and effect of ¶49.3 of the Book of Discipline.	May 03, 2024	Decision
1500	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the 2024 General Conference on the Constitutionality of Petition 21040 and Petition 21039 of the Regionalization Plan Concerning the Creation and Organization of Regional Conferences.	May 03, 2024	Decision
1499	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the General Conference 2024 Regarding the Constitutionality, Meaning, Application, and Effect of Petition 20299 (Amended ¶ 409).	May 02, 2024	Decision
1498	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the General Conference 2024 Regarding the Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶¶ 408.1b and 357.1 of The 2016 Book of Discipline Concerning Mandatory Retirement of Bishops	May 02, 2024	Decision
1497	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the General Conference 2024 Regarding the Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶ 511.1 of The 2016 Book of Discipline Concerning Youth Representation on the Commission on the General Conference	April 29, 2024	Decision
1496	IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision Regarding Paragraph 710.4 of the 2016 Book of Discipline.	April 22, 2024	Decision