Judicial Council Decisions

Decisions: 301-400

301. Petitions from the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference and the Florida Annual Conference for Declaratory Decision as to the Constitutionality, Meaning, Application and Effect of the Statement Endorsed by the 1968 General Conference, entitled"The Rule of Law and the Right of Dissent."

302. Request of the General Conference Commission on Entertainment and Program for a Declaratory Decision as to How the Delegates to the 1970 Special Session of the General Conference Shall Be Constituted.

303. The Request of the Co-ordinating Council of the Philippines CentralConference for a Declaratory Decision on Whether or Not Paragraph 394.4 of the 1968 Discipline Granting an Elder Who Has Served as a Bishop up to the Time of His Retirement the Status of a Retired Bishop Is Retroactive.

304. Request of the Southwest Texas Annual Conference for DeclaratoryDecision as to Legality of the Conference Board of Pensions Report Adopted by the Annual Conference.

305. Ruling of Bishop Jose L. Valencia Concerning the Definition of Quadrennial Election of Lay Delegates to the Annual Conference.

306. An Appeal Taken in the Holston Annual Conference from the Ruling of Bishop H. E. Finger, Jr., That a Provision Granting Priority Claim to Items of Ministerial Support in a Conference Budget which includes All General Church and Conference Causes, and for the Support of Which a Single Apportionment Is Sent to Local Churches, Is in Conformity to the Discipline.

307. Petitions from the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church andthe Joint Commission on Church Union for a Declaratory Decision Concerning the Postponement or Cancellation of the 1970 Special Session of the General Conference

308. Eligibility of a Person, No Longer a Member of the Annual Conference Which Elected Him, to Serve as a Delegate to the General Conference and Jurisdictional or Central Conference.

309. Petition of the Board of the Ministry of the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision.

310. Eligibility of Lay Persons for Membership on the Committee on Appeals of a Central Conference in the Trial of a Minister.

311. Proposal of the Africa Central Conference to Permit Annual Conferences to Nominate by Secret Ballot Candidates for the Episcopacy for Election at the Ensuing Central Conference Session.

312. The Request of the Committee on Episcopacy of the Western Jurisdiction for a Declaratory Decision as to the Meaning, Application and Effect of Par. 395.2 of the 1968 Discipline Concerning the Retirement of a Bishop.

313. Petition for Declaratory Decision as to the Power of a Central Conference to Delegate to Annual Conferences the Right of Determining Certain Qualifications for Ministerial Membership.

314. Ruling of Bishop Reuben H. Mueller Concerning Proposed Restructuring of the South Indiana Annual Conference.

315. Petition of the National Division of the Board of Missions for a Declaratory Decision as to Whether or Not the United Methodist Investment Fund Authorized in Paragraph 1322.1(g) May Be Incorporated in the State of New York Without the Use of the Word "Investment" in Its Corporate Name.

316. Petition from the Iowa Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision Concerning the Right of a Conference to Require a Probationary Year for Ministers Being Admitted on Credentials.

317. Petition from the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision as to the Legality of Denying an Application for Probationary Membership Because the Applicant Is Married to a Person Who Is in Full Connection in the Conference.

318. May an Annual Conference Require a Ministerial Candidate to Pledge to Abstain From the Use of Alcohol or Tobacco as a Condition for Ordination or Admission to Conference Membership.

319. Ruling of Bishop Cornelio M. Ferrer in the Mindanao Annual Conference on the Question of Whether or Not the Definition of a Pastoral Charge in Paragraph 106 of the Discipline Shall Be the Basis for Lay Representation in the Annual Conference.

320. Ruling of Bishop Everett W. Palmer Concerning the Distribution of Funds by the Treasurer of the Local Church.

321. Petition from the Oklahoma Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision Defining the Meaning of the Introductory Section of Paragraph 352 of the Discipline Relating to Special Appointments

322. Ruling of Bishop Charles F. Golden Regarding Annual Conference Authority to Reject Pension Funds Designated for Conference Claimants By Action of the General Conference.

323. Request of the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Establishment of a Procedural Rule for Involuntary Location of Ministerial Members of the Conference.

324. Petition of Gulf Coast Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Legality of the Pension Provisions of Its Merger Agreement with Texas Annual Conference.

325. A Petition from the South Carolina Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Constitutionality of its Adopted Procedures for Special Appointments to Non-United Methodist Agencies.

326. Request of Iowa Annual Conference for decision on Question of Voluntary and Involuntary Location.

327. The Scope of Ministerial Membership in an Annual Conference as a Basis of Representation in the General Conference.

328. Ruling of Bishop Paul Locke A. Granadosin Concerning the Right of a Layman Who Has Been Approved by the Ministerial Members as a Lay Pastor to Continue Service as a Lay Member to the Annual Conference.

329. A Petition from the South Carolina Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Meaning, Application, and Effect of Paragraphs 352.1 and 391.6 as They Relate to Special Appointments to Non-United Methodist Agencies.

330. Meaning and Application of Paragraph 20 of the Constitution.

331. Request of Virginia Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Application of Paragraphs 501-508 of the 1968 Discipline to Prior Certification and Consecration of Directors of Christian Education and Directors of Music.

332. Ruling by Bishop W. Kenneth Goodson Regarding Annual Conference Authority to Direct That a Service Charge of 2% Be Imposed Upon Funds Received by Its Conference Treasurer from Local Churches for Conference Benevolences.

333. Request from the Commission on Entertainment and Program for Clarification and Interpretation of Certain Constitutional and Disciplinary Provisions Relating to the Qualification and Election of Delegates to the 1972 General Conference.

334. Status of an Annual Conference Audit of Its Treasurer's Books During the Transition from One Fiscal Year Period to Another.

335. Petition of Calvin C. Master and Thirty-five Other Members of the Southern Asia Central Conference of The United Methodist Church Appealing as Unconstitutional Certain Actions of an Extra Session of Said Conference Relating to a Plan of Union for the Church of North India Recommended by COSMOS to the 1968 General Conference and Approved by That Body.

336. Petitions of Gulf Coast and Texas Annual Conferences to Withdraw Petitions Relative to Plan of Merger.

337. Request of College of Bishops, North Central Jurisdiction, for a Declaratory Decision Regarding the Application of Paragraph 307 of the Discipline to the Ministerial Classification of Mr. Foster Stone of South Indiana Conference.

338. Rights of a Minority of a Central Conference to Invoke a Right of Appeal to the Judicial Council Under Paragraph 1708

339. Request of the College of Bishops, North Central Jurisdiction, for a Declaratory Decision Concerning the Constitutionality, Meaning, Application and Effect of Paragraph 665.1 of the Discipline as Amended by the 1970 General Conference and Related Questions Arising in a Proposed Restructuring of the Central Illinois Annual Conference.

340. A Petition From the Commission on Religion and Race for a Declaratory Decision on the Constitutionality of the Plan of Merger of the North Georgia Annual Conference and the Georgia Annual Conference of the Southeastern Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church.

341. Ruling by Bishop Everett W. Palmer on Membership in Alaska Mission Annual Meeting.

342. Ruling of Bishop Cornelio M. Ferrer on the Right of a Lay Member of an Annual Conference, Elected by His Local Church on a Quadrennial Basis, to Complete the Four Years of His Term of Office.

343. Authority of an Annual Conference in the Admission of a Lay Pastor to Associate Membership.

344. Ruling of Bishop W. Maynard Sparks on Action of the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference in Electing to Full Connection and Elder's Orders a Candidate without the Recommendation of the Board of the Ministry.

345. Episcopal Ruling Requiring Ministers Serving in Special Appointments to Report Their Remuneration for Publication.

346. Age of Lay Delegate at Time of Election to General or Jurisdictional Conference.

347. Petition of Council on World Service and Finance for a Declaratory Decision on the Status of Retired Former Term Bishops of Central Conferences.

348. The Ruling of Bishop W. Maynard Sparks and the Request of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Responsibility of the Commission on World Service and Finance and the Annual Conference under Paragraph 902 of the 1968 Discipline.

349. The Effects of Constitutional Amendments V and VI upon Paragraph 36 of the Constitution.

350. Status of the Methodist Church in Southern Asia with Respect to Union with Other Churches in the Church of North India.

351. Request of Southwest Texas Annual Conference for Decision on Constitutionality of Paragraphs 368 and 369 of the Discipline.

352. Request for a Declaratory Decision on Constitutionality of Decision Concerning the Order of Central Conference Lay Delegates as Reserve Delegates to the General Conference.

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354. Eligibility of a Lay Delegate Elected to a General or Jurisdictional Conference When Less Than 21 Years of Age.

355. Supplement to Decision No. 350 Relating to the Questions Involved in the Plan of Union of the Methodist Church in Southern Asia.

356. Petition from the Commission on Entertainment and Program as to Whether the Reduced Percentages of Representation of Paragraphs 602, 615 and 815 are Consistent with Paragraph 21 of the Constitution

357. Constitutional Authority of the General Conference to Mandate an End to Annual Conferences Structured on Race.

358. Appeal of the General Conference for a Determination of the Constitutionality of its Action when it Adopted the Report of the Theological Study Commission on Doctrine and Doctrinal Standards

359. Appeals on Constitutionality of Legislation Creating Council on Ministries

360. Petition of the Southern Illinois Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Legality of a Lesser Annuity Rate Paid by the Southern Illinois United Methodist Ministers' Pension Fund, Inc. to Ministers Who Have Served in the Southern Illinois Annual Conference, but Subsequently Transferred to Another Annual Conference and Retired.

361. Effect of the Action of the General Conference Amending Paragraph 395.4.

362. Request from the North Mississippi Annual

363. May a Lay Person be Elected and Consecrated to the Episcopacy Without Ordination?

364. Appeal by the Council of Bishops for a Ruling as to the Constitutionality of Paragraph 827, 1972 Discipline, of Legislation Creating the General Council on Ministries

365. Petition from the Memphis Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision as to the Legality of an Annual Conference Budgeting an Amount for Supplementary Support of the Office Expense of a Bishop.

366. May an Elder in Full Connection, Who Takes Voluntary Location under Paragraph 367, 1972 Discipline, be Classified on the Conference Rolls, and Serve as a Lay Pastor, Subject to Assignment of the District Superintendent?

367. Petition from the North Georgia Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Legality of a New Standing Rule Providing for "Legislative Committees" to Consider Reports of Program Boards and Committees Before They Come to the Floor of the Conference.

368. Petition from Northwest Philippines Annual Conference for a DeclaratoryDecision Regarding the Authority of a Central Conference Bishop to Appoint a Minister as District Superintendent for More than Six Years in Any Consecutive Nine Years.

369. Request from the Executive Board of the Methodist Church in SouthernAsia for a Clarification of Decision No. 350 and Memorandum No. 355.

370. Action of the Tenth Philippines Central Con- ference on the Status of Bishops Pending Episcopal Elections.

371. Ruling of the Reverend Ignacio P. Bautista, President Pro Tempore, 1973

372. Ruling of Bishop Jack M. Tuell on the Eligibility of Affiliate and Associate Members of a Local United Methodist Church to be Members of and to Vote in the Administrative Board, Charge Conference or Church Conference.

373. Ruling of the Reverend Ignacio P. Bautista, President Pro Tempore, 1973 Session of the Philippines Annual Conference, on Action Approving Full Autonomy without Reconsidering Actions of Previous Sessions of the Annual Conference Approving Affiliated Autonomy.

374. Supplement to Memorandum No. 355, Decision No. 350, and Memorandum No. 369

375. Legality of Delegation of Unfinished Business in the Philippines Central Conference

376. Legality of Vote in the Philippines Central Conference

377. Request of the Board of Higher Education and Ministry for a DeclaratoryDecision as to the Meaning of Paragraph 803.2 of the 1972 Discipline. Specifically Whether There Must be Two Members of the Ethnic Groups Listed in Paragraph 803.2 in the At-Large-Members in Addition to Ethnic Representation Who Have Been Chosen as Basic Members.

378. Petition from the South Indiana Annual Conference for an Interpretation of the Meaning of the Word

379. Petition of the South Indiana Annual Conference for a DeclaratoryDecision Regarding the Meaning of

380. Petition from the North Central Jurisdictional Committee on the Ministry for a Declaratory Decision as to the Constitutionality of Paragraphs 352.7 and 392 as They Relate to Paragraphs 316 and 308.3, and Petition from the Iowa Annual Conference for Declaratory Decision on Whether Paragraphs 332 and 392 Can Be Harmonized.

381. Petition from the Philippines Central Conference Concerning the Authority of a Central Conference to Supersede the Majority Vote of Its Annual Conferences on Affiliated Autonomy by Requiring in Its Adjourned Session a Two-thirds Vote.

382. Petition Of the Board of the Ministry of the Little Rock Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision in the Matter of an Application for Probationary Membership.

383. Petition from the Baltimore Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision as to the Meaning, Application and Effect of Paragraph 892, Equitable Salaries, and Paragraph 893, Basic Salary Plan, in the 1972 Discipline.

384. Petition from the Southwest Texas Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Application of Paragraph 368 of the 1972 Discipline, to Persons Previously Located Under Paragraph 368 of the 1968 Discipline, and on the Readmission of a Former Conference Member Who Had Been Involuntarily Located Prior to the General Conference of 1972.

385. Petition by the General Council on Ministries for a Reconsideration of Decision No. 364.

386. Petition of the Alabama-West Florida Annual Conference Seeking Clarification of Its Authority to Make Pension Service Credit Adjustments under Paragraph 1259 of the Discipline.

387. A Request for a Declaratory Decision on Whether or Not General Boards Have the Right to Support Causes Without Specific Approval of the General Conference.

388. Reconsideration and Clarification of Decision No. 356 on Request of the Executive Committee of the Commission on the General Conference

389. Petition from the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision as to Whether the Conference Board of Pensions Is Following the Discipline and the Plan and Basis of Union in Their Method of Calculating Applicable Annuity Rates for Ministers, Widows, and Children as a Result of Changes in Borders Effected as of January 1, 1970.

390. Request of the Louisville Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church for a Declaratory Decision as to the Legality of Paragraph 1260.6 a-f of the 1972 Discipline Concerning Proportional Payments.

391. Appeal of the East Ohio Annual Conference from the Ruling of Bishop Francis E. Kearns that Paragraph 505 of the 1972 Discipline Prohibits the Granting of a Voting Relationship in the Conference to Consecrated Lay Workers.

393. Petition from the Iowa Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision onthe Legality of the Last Sentence in Paragraph 657 of the 1972 Discipline.

394. Petition from the Africa Central Conference for a Reconsideration of a Decision of the Judicial Council Made in 1964-1968 Quadrennium Concerning Central Conference Term Bishops.

395. Petition from the Executive Committee of the Africa Central Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Legality of That Conference's Action Calling for a Discussion in the Annual Conference of "Life Episcopacy" Without a Bishop Presiding.

396. Petition of the Southern Illinois Annual Conference Requesting a Declaratory Decision as to the Constitutionality of a Deleted Section of Proposals Implementing Amendment IX of the Constitution.

397. Petition of the Northwest Philippines Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision as to the Meaning and Application of Paragraph 661.4 of the Discipline asIt Relates to an Action of the Special Session of the 1974 Session of the Annual Conference.

398. Episcopal Ruling on a Point of Law Regarding the Constitutionality of the Restructuring Plans for the Mississippi and the North Mississippi Annual Conferences with Four District Superintendents Appointed to Each of Two Districts.

399. Petition from the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the Interpretation of Paragraph 1435.1 of the 1972 Discipline

400. Petition from the North Mississippi Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision as to the Meaning of Paragraphs 878, 882, and 831.9 (a) with Respect to the Distribution of Funds Within an Annual Conference.

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