Judicial Council

Judicial Council Search Results

#	Title	Date	Type
844	Appeal of Bishop's Decision of Law in the Northern Illinois Annual Conference Relating to the Applicability of ¶ 304.5 of the 1996 Discipline to Diaconal Ministers Making Transition to Permanent Deacons.	October 29, 1998	Decision
843	Request From the General Board of Discipleship on Whether Under ¶ 508 of the 1996 Discipline Enabling Legislation May Be Enacted by a General Conference to Become Effective After the Ratification of a Constitutional Amendment Proposed by the Same General Conference	October 29, 1998	Decision
842	Review of Bishop's Decision of Law in the Virginia Annual Conference on the Legality of Adding to the Qualifications for Lay Members of General Conference as Outlined in ¶ 34 of the 1996 Discipline	October 29, 1998	Decision
841	Review of Bishop's Decision of Law in the Florida Annual Conference Related to the Requirement That Candidates Must Have Completed One Fourth of Seminary Before January 1, 1997, to Qualify for Conference Relationship	October 29, 1998	Memorandum
840	Request From the East Ohio Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Constitutionality of the Racial Harassment Policy Adopted by the Conference	October 29, 1998	Memorandum
839	Review of Minnesota Annual Conference Sexual Misconduct Policy. Review of the Policy on Sexual Ethics of the Kansas East Annual Conference. Request from the East Ohio Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Constitutionality of the Sexual Ethics Policy Adopted by the Conference. Review of the Rewritten Sexual Harassment and Misconduct Policy of the North Alabama Annual Conference	October 29, 1998	Decision
838	Review of the Rewritten Sexual Ethics and Procedure Policy of the North Georgia Annual Conference	October 29, 1998	Memorandum
837	Review of Bishop's Decision of Law in the North Texas Annual Conference on the Legality of the Definition of "Self-Avowed Practicing Homosexual" Passed by a Clergy Session, During a Special Session of the North Texas Annual Conference	October 29, 1998	Decision
836	Request From the Minnesota Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on Whether ¶¶ 358.1b, 2623, and 2626.1 of the 1996 Discipline Violate the Constitution When They Define Judicial Process as Beginning Only with the Referral of a Complaint to the Committee on Investigation	October 29, 1998	Decision
835	Review of Bishop's Decision of Law in the Louisiana Annual Conference on the Structure of the Annual Conference. Request from the Holston Annual Conference on the Constitutionality of the "Design for Ministry" Restructure Plan	October 29, 1998	Decision
834	Request from Wisconsin Annual Conference on the Ruling of Bishop Sharon Zimmerman Rader on Whether the Annual Conference May Consider Enactment of a Resolution Prohibiting Homosexual Unions Which Would Have the Effect of Adding to the Discipline	August 07, 1998	Memorandum
833	Request from the College of Bishops of the South Central Jurisdiction for a Declaratory Decision on Whether the Language "Ceremonies That Celebrate Homosexual Unions Shall Not Be Conducted by Our Ministers and Shall Not Be Conducted in Our Churches" in ¶ 65 of the 1996 Discipline Constitutes a Chargeable Offense under ¶ 2624. Request from the Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on Whether the Social Principles Are to Be Understood as Law for United Methodists and the Relationship Between the Social Principles and Chargeable Offense. Request from the North Alabama Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision That All Homosexual Union Services Are Illegal under ¶ 15 of the 1996 Discipline. Request from the Nebraska Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on Whether the Performance of a Ceremony Celebrating a Homosexual Union or a Same-Sex Covenanting Ceremony by a United Methodist Pastor in a United Methodist Church Is a Violation of the Discipline And, Therefore, a Chargeable Offense under ¶ 2624 of the 1996 Discipline	August 07, 1998	Decision