Judicial Council

Most Recent Decisions

#	Title	Date	Type
1439	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions Raised During the 2021 Regular Session of the North Texas Annual Conference Concerning Parliamentary Procedures.	March 28, 2022	Memorandum
1438	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions of Law in the Rio Texas Annual Conference Concerning the Responsibility and Authority of the Annual Conference to Evaluate and Affirm or Amend its Annual Conference Policy on Equitable Compensation, Pursuant to the Discipline, particularly ¶¶ 621, 625, and 338.	March 28, 2022	Decision
1437	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the Arkansas Annual Conference as to whether the Annual Conference’s Petition to General Conference is Permissible Pursuant to the Submission Timelines set forth in ¶ 507 of the Discipline.	March 28, 2022	Decision
1433	IN RE: Clarification of Judicial Council Decision 1421	March 15, 2022	Memorandum
1432	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions of Law in the West Virginia Annual Conference Concerning the Legality of Not Electing the At-Large Lay Members to Annual Conference Until After the Annual Conference has Convened and the Session has Commenced.	March 15, 2022	Decision
1431	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference as to whether Judicial Council Decision No. 1409 renders the required payment of general church apportionments to be voluntary.	March 15, 2022	Decision
1430	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the Upper New York Annual Conference Regarding Whether the Adopted Resolution, “A Call For Structural Change,” Attempts to Negate, Ignore or Violate The Book of Discipline.	March 15, 2022	Decision
1429	Request from the Alaska United Methodist Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶¶507.5, 507.6, and 507.7, on the Deadlines for General Conference Petitions that are Submitted to the Postponed Session of General Conference by constituent bodies, other than Annual Conferences, and the constitutionality or legality of any act to reject or refuse an otherwise proper petition filed no later than 230 days prior to the commencement of the Postponed Session of General Conference.	February 22, 2022	Decision
1428	Request for a Declaratory Decision from a Delegation of Persons Elected to General Conference Concerning the Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶¶ 507.5, 507.6, and 507.7, on Deadlines for General Conference Petitions Submitted by Entities other than Annual Conferences.	February 17, 2022	Decision
1425	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the New England Annual Conference as to Whether the Conference Disaffiliation Policy and Discernment Process Are Permissible Under the Discipline or Are in Conflict with ¶ 2553.	February 09, 2022	Decision
1424	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions of Law in the Arkansas Annual Conference as to whether the Principles Regarding Local Church Requests for Disaffiliation, adopted by the Annual Conference, Violates ¶¶ 604.1 and 2553 of the Discipline and Judicial Council Decision 886.	February 09, 2022	Decision
1423	IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions asked in the New England Annual Conference Concerning Disaffiliation and the Legality of Certain Processes and Parliamentary Procedures Related Thereto During the Annual Conference Session.	February 09, 2022	Decision