Most Recent Decisions

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Title Date
Type
7 Request of the Uniting Conference to the Interim Judicial Council to determine the constitutionality of its action by which it denied to a Lay Pastor or a Minister's Spouse eligibility for election as Lay Members in an Annual Conference. May 02, 1969 ICJ
313 Petition for Declaratory Decision as to the Power of a Central Conference to Delegate to Annual Conferences the Right of Determining Certain Qualifications for Ministerial Membership. January 31, 1969 Decision
312 The Request of the Committee on Episcopacy of the Western Jurisdiction for a Declaratory Decision as to the Meaning, Application and Effect of Par. 395.2 of the 1968 Discipline Concerning the Retirement of a Bishop. January 31, 1969 Decision
311 Proposal of the Africa Central Conference to Permit Annual Conferences to Nominate by Secret Ballot Candidates for the Episcopacy for Election at the Ensuing Central Conference Session. January 30, 1969 Decision
310 Eligibility of Lay Persons for Membership on the Committee on Appeals of a Central Conference in the Trial of a Minister. January 29, 1969 Decision
309 Petition of the Board of the Ministry of the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision. January 29, 1969 Decision
308 Eligibility of a Person, No Longer a Member of the Annual Conference Which Elected Him, to Serve as a Delegate to the General Conference and Jurisdictional or Central Conference. January 29, 1969 Decision
307 Petitions from the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church and the Joint Commission on Church Union for a Declaratory Decision Concerning the Postponement or Cancellation of the 1970 Special Session of the General Conference January 29, 1969 Decision
306 An Appeal Taken in the Holston Annual Conference from the Ruling of Bishop H. E. Finger, Jr., That a Provision Granting Priority Claim to Items of Ministerial Support in a Conference Budget which includes All General Church and Conference Causes, and for the Support of Which a Single Apportionment Is Sent to Local Churches, Is in Conformity to the Discipline. November 08, 1968 Decision
305 Ruling of Bishop Jose L. Valencia Concerning the Definition of Quadrennial Election of Lay Delegates to the Annual Conference. November 08, 1968 Decision
304 Request of the Southwest Texas Annual Conference for Declaratory Decision as to Legality of the Conference Board of Pensions Report Adopted by the Annual Conference. November 08, 1968 Decision
303 The Request of the Co-ordinating Council of the Philippines Central Conference for a Declaratory Decision on Whether or Not Paragraph 394.4 of the 1968 Discipline Granting an Elder Who Has Served as a Bishop up to the Time of His Retirement the Status of a Retired Bishop Is Retroactive. November 08, 1968 Decision

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