Decision Number 835

Decision

The bishop's ruling that the structure of the Louisiana Annual Conference is in compliance with the 1996 Discipline of The United Methodist Church, as well as the rulings of the Judicial Council, is reversed. The Louisiana Annual Conference structure plan is hereby remanded to the Louisiana Annual Conference to be revised accordingly and resubmitted to the Judicial Council for review and approval.

The Holston Annual Conference structure plan is so vague as to be unconstitutional. It does not maintain connectional relationships as required by the 1996 Discipline and Decision 815. The Holston Annual Conference structure plan is hereby remanded to the Holston Annual Conference to be revised accordingly and resubmitted to the Judicial Council for review and approval.