| 1407 |
IN RE: Petition for Declaratory Decision from the Council of Bishops Concerning the Constitutionality of Proposed Legislation Implementing the Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace Through Separation |
April 16, 2021 |
Memorandum |
| 1406 |
IN RE: Review of a Bishop ruling on a question of law in the Michigan Annual Conference regarding the legality of the Resolution “Aspirations for the Michigan Annual Conference” |
April 16, 2021 |
Decision |
| 1405 |
In Re: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the Mississippi Annual Conference Concerning the Meaning, Application, and Effect of the Last Sentence in ¶36 of the Discipline. Specifically, Whether the Phrase “and are members thereof within the annual conference electing them at the time of holding the General and Jurisdictional or Central Conference” Means that the Lay Person’s Membership Must Be with a Local Church that Is within the Annual Conference that Elected Him/Her (versus local church membership in a different annual conference) and that Said Membership Must Be in Effect when the Layperson Is Serving as a Delegate to General Conference |
April 16, 2021 |
Decision |
| 1404 |
Decision 1404 — IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the Michigan Annual Conference Regarding the Legality of the Clergy Session’s Statement Affirming Various Efforts and Expressing Support for their Board of Ordained Ministry |
April 16, 2021 |
Decision |
| 1403 |
DECISION NO. 1403 — IN RE: Request from the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Meaning, Application or Effect of ¶¶ 13.1-2 and 34 Concerning the Authority of an Annual Conference to Adopt attendance Policies for Delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences. |
April 16, 2021 |
Decision |
| 1402 |
DECISION NO. 1402 — IN RE: Request from the Michigan Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on whether the “performance of ceremonies that celebrate homosexual unions…by our ministers” is “distinctively connectional” and therefore within the powers granted to the General Conference in Paragraph 16, Article IV of the Constitution of the United Methodist Church or whether General Conference exceeded its constitutionally granted power in prohibiting the performance of “ ceremonies that celebrate homosexual unions…by our ministers” in ¶ 341.6 of the 2016 Book of Discipline and in making the performance of these ceremonies a chargeable offense under ¶ 2702.1.b. |
April 16, 2021 |
Decision |
| 1401 |
DECISION NO. 1401 — IN RE: Request from the Council of Bishops for a Declaratory Decision on the Constitutionality, Meaning, Application or Effect of Paragraph 2553 (Petition 90066 As Amended). |
April 16, 2021 |
Decision |
| 1400 |
MEMORANDUM 1400 — IN RE: Petition For Reconsideration Of Decision 1384, Review of an Administrative Appeal by Erik Seise |
April 16, 2021 |
Memorandum |
| 1409 |
IN RE: Request from the General Council on Finance and Administration for a Declaratory Decision on The Meaning, Application or Effect of ¶ 806.1 of The 2016 Book of Discipline on 2021 General Church Apportionments |
March 25, 2021 |
Decision |
| 1408 |
IN RE: Request from the Council of Bishops for a Declaratory Decision Clarifying |
March 22, 2021 |
Memorandum |
| 1382 |
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. |
November 01, 2019 |
Memorandum |
| 1399 |
IN RE: Review of a Bishop's Ruling on a Question of Law in the Mountain Sky Annual Conference Regarding the Legality of the Resolution All Are Welcome. |
November 01, 2019 |
Decision |
