Decision Number 886

SUBJECT TO FINAL EDITING


May 09, 2000

Decision


The Discipline is the law of the Church which regulates every phase of the life and work of the Church. As such, annual conferences may not legally negate, ignore, or violate provisions of the Discipline with which they disagree, even when the disagreements are based upon conscientious objections to those provisions.

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