Most Recent Decisions

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Title Date
Type
433 Unconstitutionality of Paragraphs 451.2 and 934.6 because of Discrimination with Respect to Appointment, Minimum Salary and Pension Rights of Clergy Couples. October 28, 1977 Decision
432 An Appeal from The Central Pennsylvania Conference on a Bishop's Ruling that a Conference Rule Requiring Church-Owned Parsonages is Contrary to the Discipline. October 28, 1977 Decision
431 A Ruling of Bishop Cannon in the Philippines Central Conference on Question of the Number of Delegates from the Southwest Philippines Provisional Annual Conference to the 1976 Session of the Central Conference. October 28, 1977 Decision
430 A Ruling of Bishop Cannon in the Philippines Central Conference on Procedures adopted by the Conference for the Election of Bishops. October 28, 1977 Decision
428 Request of General Board of Pensions for a Declaratory Decision on the Meaning and Application of Paragraph 1706.4(i) of The Discipline, Dealing with Pension Schedules for Ministers who take Early Retirement under 434.5. October 28, 1977 Decision
427 Request of General Conference for a Declaratory Decision Relating to the Constitutionality of Paragraph 451.3. Second Hearing (Judicial Council Memorandum 419). April 22, 1977 Decision
426 A Petiton from the General Board of Global Ministries for a Declaratory Decision as to the Constitutionality, Meaning,Application and Effect of the Requirement that "Executive Staffs of all General Boards and Agencies shall be Members of The United Methodist Church" as found in Paragraph 809.1 of the 1976 Discipline. April 22, 1977 Decision
425 Petition from the General Council on Ministries for a Declaratory Decision as to the Specific Status of the National Youth Ministry Organization, its Lines of Relationship with the Board of Discipleship and/or General Council on Ministries and to Whom it is Accountable and Amenable. April 22, 1977 Decision
424 Petition of the General Council on Ministries for a Declaratory Decision on the Apparent Conflict between the 1976 General Conference actions in Calendar Items 191and 527 Regarding the Study Committee on Native American Ministries, and as to the Authority of the General Council on Ministries to Establish such a Committee. April 22, 1977 Decision
423 A Petition from the General Council on Ministries for a Declaratory Decision on the following: "Does General Council on Ministries Have the Power and Authority to Add Voting Persons to Its Membership Beyond Those Designated by Paragraph 1006 of the 1976 Discipline?" April 22, 1977 Decision
422 Petition from the Philippines Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision Regarding the Constitutionality of its Action in Reducing the Number of Districts within the Annual Conference from Two to One. April 22, 1977 Decision
421 Application for Rehearing with Respect to Decision No. 420 Regarding the Nomination and Amenability of Trustees of John Street Church. April 22, 1977 Memorandum

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