Judicial Council

Most Recent Decisions

#	Title	Date	Type
1471	IN RE: Request for a Declaratory Decision, and Other Relief, Submitted by a Clergy Member of the North Katanga Annual Conference.	March 20, 2023	Memorandum
1470	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Report of a Ruling in the Northern Illinois Annual Conference Concerning a Question That Was Asked From the Floor but was Never Submitted in Writing.	March 20, 2023	Decision
1469	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling of Law on Questions Raised During a Special Session of the North Central Jurisdictional Conference Concerning the Legality of the Resolution Covenant to Build BeLoved Community.	March 07, 2023	Decision
1468	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions of Law in the Indiana Annual Conference Regarding the Legality of the Resolution A Commitment to Grace in the Indiana Conference.	March 07, 2023	Decision
1467	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the Mississippi Annual Conference Regarding the Legality of a Resolution Concerning Homosexuality.	March 07, 2023	Decision
1466	Memorandum 1466: Request for a Declaratory Decision re. Meaning, Effect and Application of ¶¶ 362.1, 2701.5, 2704.2, and 2706.5	March 07, 2023	Memorandum
1465	Memorandum 1465: Request for a Declaratory Decision re. Retirement of Bishops in Central Conferences and creation of new Episcopal Area	March 07, 2023	Memorandum
1464	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the South Georgia Annual Conference Regarding the Legality and the Scope of Authority of an Annual Conference to Schedule a Special Session of Annual Conference Predicated Upon Various Conditions Precedent.	March 07, 2023	Decision
1463	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions of Law in the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference Concerning the Legal and Proper Disposition of Designated or Restricted Trusts, Gifts and Bequests Held by Local United Methodist Churches Seeking to Disaffiliate From the Denomination.	February 28, 2023	Decision
1462	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions of Law in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference as to Whether the Annual Conference was in Full Compliance with Tax Regulations Concerning the Sale of Parsonages.	February 28, 2023	Decision
1461	IN RE: Review of a Bishop's Ruling on Questions of Law in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference Concerning the Designation and Use of Funds from the Sale of Closed Churches and other Church Properties as well as Measures to Ensure Compliance with Restrictions in Trusts, Reversions, Bequests, and the like.	February 28, 2023	Decision
1460	Decision 1460: Review of Bishop’s Rulings Related to Disaffiliation [Greater New Jersey Annual Conference]	February 28, 2023	Decision