Decision Number 110

Decision

It is the Decision of the Judicial Council, therefore, that a minister who is located voluntarily is not required to have his license renewed annually. His status as a Local Preacher and as a Deacon and Elder is dependent upon his membership in The Methodist Church and Quarterly Conference where he resides. A minister when located, automatically becomes a member of The Methodist Church and Quarterly Conference where he resides. He continues as a Local Preacher in that Methodist Church and Quarterly Conference or in such other to which he may be transferred until such time as he voluntarily surrenders his credentials or is deprived of them by due process of a trial