Most Recent Decisions

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Title Date
Type
1035 Appeal of Bishop's Ruling in the West Michigan Annual Conference with Respect to an Amendment of the West Michigan Conference Parsonage Standards. April 27, 2006 Memorandum
1034 Request from the Dakotas Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Meaning, Application and Effect of Amendment VII to the Constitution with Respect to the Voting Rights of Members of the Annual Conferences. April 27, 2006 Decision
1033 Request from the California-Pacific Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Constitutionality, Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶¶ 324.14 of the 2004 Discipline with Respect to the Withdrawal of a Recommendation for Probationary Membership by the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry in Response to the Lack of an Appointment for a Candidate. April 27, 2006 Memorandum
1032 Review of Bishop's Decisions of law in the Virginia Annual Conference Related to the Authority of a Pastor under ¶¶ 214 and 225 of the 2004 Discipline to Exercise Judgment in Determining Who May Be Received into Membership in the Local Church. October 28, 2005 Decision
1031 Review of Bishop's Decision of Law in the Virginia Annual Conference Related to the Disciplinary Purview of the Conference Relations Committee of the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry and the Fair Process Rights of a Pastor. October 28, 2005 Decision
1030 Request from the Western Michigan Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Meaning, Application and Effect of ¶ 612.19 of the 2004 Discipline with Respect to the Addition of Domestic Partner Benefits to the Conference Health Benefits Plan. October 28, 2005 Decision
1029 Request from the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Meaning, Application, and Effect of the 2004 Discipline to its Revised Plan of Structure. October 28, 2005 Memorandum
1028 Review of Bishop's Decision of Law in the California-Nevada Annual Conference Related to the Adoption by the Annual Conference of a Resolution Concerning Reporting on Ways a Congregation had Made Plans to Welcome and Include LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgendered) Persons in Leadership Roles in the Church Specifically at Odds with ¶304.3 of the 2004 Discipline. October 28, 2005 Decision
1027 Appeal by the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church from the Decision of the Northeast Jurisdiction Committee on Appeals in the Matter of Rev. Irene Elizabeth Stroud. October 28, 2005 Decision
1026 Request from the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Meaning, Application, and Effect of ¶¶ 326.1 and 354.1 of the 2004 Discipline with Respect to a Leave of Absence of a Newly Commissioned Person Preparing for Ordination as a Deacon. October 28, 2005 Decision
1025 Request from the Northern Illinois Annual Conference for Declaratory Decision on the Meaning, Application and Effect of ¶¶ 715 and 2532.6 of the 2004 Discipline with Respect to Disabled-Accessibility in Local Church and District Office Facilities. October 28, 2005 Decision
1024 Request from the Minnesota Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Meaning, Application and Effect of ¶ 606.9(b) of the 2004 Discipline with Respect to the Maintenance by Annual Conference Officers of a Supervisory File Not Accessible or Reviewable by the Individual in Whose Name the File is Kept. October 28, 2005 Decision

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