Most Recent Decisions

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Title Date
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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
1422 IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions of Law in the North Georgia Annual Conference Concerning the Circumstances under which a Local Church may Pursue Disaffiliation. February 09, 2022 Decision
1421 IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on Questions of Law in the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference Concerning the Legality of the Actions Taken by the Conference Board of Trustees Regarding the Disaffiliation of a Local Church Without the Required Vote of the Annual Conference pursuant to Judicial Council Decision 1379 and ¶ 2529.1(b)(3) of the Discipline. February 09, 2022 Decision
1420 IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the North Georgia Annual Conference Concerning the Authority of an Annual Conference to Amend a Disaffiliation Agreement that is Placed Before the Annual Conference for its Consideration and Action. February 09, 2022 Decision
1419 IN RE: A Review of An Administrative Appeal from a Clergy Member of the New England Annual Conference November 01, 2021 Decision
1418 IN RE: Administrative Appeal of Thomas Buckley May 05, 2021 Memorandum
1417 IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Matter of Law in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference concerning the Legality of Recent Conference Actions as well as Impermissible Delegations of Authority, Unconstitutional Assumptions of Authority, and Unauthorized Actions Being Taken within and/or on Behalf of the Annual Conference May 05, 2021 Decision
1416 IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Matter of Law in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference as to the Legality of the Actions Approved by the Annual Conference at its October Special Session on the Way Forward. May 05, 2021 Decision
1415 IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Matter of Law in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference Regarding the Legality of the Annual Conference’s Expression of Support and Affirmation Concerning the Bishop, Board of Ordained Ministry, and the Witness of Local Churches and Clergy. May 05, 2021 Decision

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