Decision Number 431

Decision

Under the 1972 Discipline which was in effect at the time of election of delegates to the 1976 sessions of the General Conference and the Philippines Central Conference, the Southwest Philippines Provisional Annual Conference was entitled to elect four ministerial and four lay delegates to the 1976 session of the Philippines Central Conference, provided that the number of ministerial members was twenty-six; five, provided that the number was thirty. In the absence of the 1975 Journal of the Southwest Philippines Provisional Annual Conference we retain the matter on the docket.

We hold that Bishop Cannon was correct in his ruling that the 1972 Discipline was in effect. We further hold that on the basis of information provided him the number of delegates to which the Southwest Philippines Provisional Annual Conference was entitled was five ministerial and five lay.

Gene E. Sease was absent.