| 138 | Whether the Trustees of an Annual Confer- ence Can Dispose of Funds Belonging to The Woman's Society of Christian Service of a Discontinued Church |
October 17 1957 |
Decision
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| 465 | Whether the Requirement of Disclosure of Remuneration, Discipline Par. 937, Prevails over Institutional Policies which Prohibit such Disclosures. |
October 26 1979 |
Decision
|
| 119 | Whether the Proceeds of the Sale of Grace Methodist Church of Portland, Oregon, Should Be Turned Over to the Conference Claim- ants' Endowment Fund, or to the Port- land District of the Oregon Annual Conference |
July 28 1955 |
Decision
|
| 128 | Whether the Liberia Annual Conference May Be Made a Part of the Central Jurisdiction |
April 30 1956 |
Decision
|
| 188 | Whether Rally Day Funds May Legally Be Absorbed Into the Total Annual Conference Council Budget, Which Includes the Budget Askings of the Various Agencies, Boards and Commissions of the Conference and Also the Administrative Expenses of the Conference Council |
October 25 1961 |
Decision
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| 542 | Whether Ordination and Appointment of Self-avowed and Practicing Homosexuals is Precluded by Amendment of Pars. 404, 414, 420, 423, and 431 of the Discipline. |
May 09 1984 |
Decision
|
| 150 | Whether or Not Years of Service as a Full- time Approved Supply Pastor Can Be Counted as a Part of the 40 Years of Service as a Basis for Retirement as Defined in Paragraphs 1617 and 1618 of the 1956 Discipline |
October 16 1958 |
Decision
|
| 129 | Whether or Not a Minister in a Sister Church Can Be Given the Privileges of the Floor, Including the Right to Vote, by An Annual Conference of The Methodist Church |
May 02 1956 |
Decision
|
| 568 | Whether Ministerial Pension Plan Section 2.1(k) and Comprehensive Protection Plan Section 2.1(g) Violate Discipline 256.3(f). |
October 23 1986 |
Decision
|
| 152 | Whether Appointment of a Member on Trial of an Annual Conference to Attend School May Be Considered as Fulfilling the Disciplinary Requirement of "Regular Appointment Under the Supervision of a District Superintendent" |
October 16 1958 |
Decision
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| 171 | Whether a Minister Retired on Disability Can Receive Annuity While Engaged in |
May 04 1960 |
Decision
|
| 131 | Whether a Minister on Missionary Service Shall Be Counted on the Mission Field or at His Annual Conference for Representation at the General Conference |
October 23 1956 |
Decision
|
| 464 | Whether a Diaconal Minister (Par. 303-311,Discipline) may Serve as a Lay Member of an Annual Conference According to Par. 307. |
October 26 1979 |
Decision
|
| 671 | Whether 1988 General Conference Resolution Entitled "Pay Equity in the USA" Applies to All General Agencies. |
May 06 1992 |
Decision
|
| 35 | Voting of Retired Bishops |
May 07 1946 |
Decision
|
| 40 | Voting by Retired Bishops |
April 22 1947 |
Decision
|
| 120 | Validity of the Election of Fred B. Noble, Member of the Judicial Council as a Delegate to the 1956 Jurisdictional Conference of the Southeastern Jurisdiction of The Methodist Church |
July 29 1955 |
Decision
|
| 539 | Validity of Delegation by Annual Conference to its Council on Ministries or other Agency of Authority to Make Adjustments in Budget Adopted by Conference, and Right of Conference Treasurers to Make Short-Term Investment of Benevolence Funds. |
May 02 1984 |
Decision
|
| 516 | Validity of a Decision by a Central Conference to Grant an Annual Conference the Right of Decision to Accept "Headmanship" for a Ecumenical Church. |
October 29 1982 |
Decision
|
| 533 | Use of Ministerial Education Fund for Administrative Expense of theConference Board of Ordained Ministry in Light of Discipline Par. 920.1. |
October 27 1983 |
Decision
|
| 580 | untitled |
April 23 1987 |
Memorandum
|
| 484 | Untitled |
April 11 1980 |
Memorandum
|
| 457 | untitled |
April 26 1979 |
Memorandum
|
| 449 | Untitled |
April 26 1979 |
Memorandum
|
| 353 | untitled |
April 19 1972 |
Decision
|
| 495 | Unconstitutionality of Restrictions Placed by an Annual Conference on Eligibility for Election of Lay Members of Annual Conference. |
April 23 1981 |
Decision
|
| 433 | Unconstitutionality of Paragraphs 451.2 and 934.6 because of Discrimination with Respect to Appointment, Minimum Salary and Pension Rights of Clergy Couples. |
October 28 1977 |
Decision
|
| 469 | Unconstitutionality of an Annual Conference Action That Requires All Local, District and Conference Officers and Central and General Conference Delegates From an Annual Conference to Make a Covenant to Tithe in Order to Qualify for These Positions. |
October 26 1979 |
Decision
|
| 3 | The status of duly elected Delegates to the Uniting Conference who have been elected to the Interim Judicial Council of the Uniting Conference with respect to the right of such delegates to serve in the General Conference and a Jurisdictional Conference. |
April 28 1968 |
ICJ
|
| 327 | The Scope of Ministerial Membership in an Annual Conference as a Basis of Representation in the General Conference. |
April 17 1970 |
Decision
|
| 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. |
October 07 1971 |
Decision
|
| 195 | The Ruling of Bishop Jose L. Valencia Regarding Eligibility of Lay Delegates to a Provisional Annual Conference |
October 11 1962 |
Decision
|
| 470 | The Right of the Puerto Rico Annual Conference to Become an Affiliated Autonomous Church, According to an Action of the 1972 General Conference; or to Become a Central Conference under Par. 650 of the 1976 Discipline. |
October 26 1979 |
Decision
|
| 190 | The Right of the North Carolina Annual Conference to Direct Its Trustees Concerning the Investment of Trust Funds |
October 20 1961 |
Decision
|
| 164 | The Right of Central Conference Bishops to Attend All Sessions of the Council of Bishops with Expenses Paid |
April 29 1960 |
Decision
|
| 455 | The Right of an Annual Conference to Include in the Ministerial Support Apportionment Items not Specified in Pars. 929 and 930 of the Discipline. |
April 26 1979 |
Decision
|
| 87 | The Right of a Retired Traveling Preacher to Vote in Annual Conference |
May 04 1952 |
Decision
|
| 148 | The Right of a Conference Commission on World Service and Finance to Use the Service of an Interboard Council as a Budget Review Committee |
October 16 1958 |
Decision
|
| 178 | The Right of a Conference Board of Missions (and Church Extension) to Purchase and Hold Property |
October 26 1960 |
Decision
|
| 147 | The Right of a Central Conference to Amend Paragraph 207 of the Discipline of The Methodist Church Relating to the Qualifications for Membership on the Official Board of the Local Church |
February 07 1958 |
Decision
|
| 254 | The Right of a Bishop to Appoint a Minister in the Effective Relationship with an Annual Conference to the District Superintendency or a Pastorate in Another Annual Conference Also under His Jurisdiction without Transferring the Minister from the First to the Second Annual Conference |
October 27 1967 |
Decision
|
| 104 | The Restoration of Credentials to a Minister Who Was Permitted to Withdraw From the Conference Under Charges |
July 19 1954 |
Decision
|
| 517 | The Responsibility For Fixing Boundaries of Episcopal Areas as Part of the Plan of Episcopal Supervision of Annual Conferences in Light of Apparent Conflicts Among 1980 Discipline Pars. 53, 507 and 622.3(b). |
October 29 1982 |
Decision
|
| 564 | The Request of the Western Jurisdictional Court of Appeals as to Whether a Trial Court of an Annual Conference May Issue a Penalty which is a Departure from Discipline 2624.1(h). |
April 17 1986 |
Memorandum
|
| 122 | The Request of the Virginia Annual Con- ference for a Declaratory Decision Concerning the Required Appointment of a Preacher on Trial in Paragraph 341 of the 1952 Discipline |
July 29 1955 |
Decision
|
| 5 | The request of the Uniting Conference for a Declaratory Decision to determine the constitutionality of the establishment and composition of the Commission on Religion and Race as approved by the Uniting Conference in the adoption of Report No. 7 of the Committee on Conferences. |
April 30 1968 |
ICJ
|
| 2 | The request of the Uniting Conference for a Declaratory Decision on the right of a Jurisdictional Conference to act upon a merger of Annual Conferences, deferring the effective date until a favorable vote is obtained in the Annual Conferences directly involved. |
April 26 1968 |
ICJ
|
| 181 | The Request of the Texas Conference for a Declaratory Decision Whether a Retired Minister Serving a Charge as a Supply Pastor May Be Lawfully Required to Pay a Portion of His Salary to a Fund for Pensions |
October 28 1960 |
Decision
|
| 97 | The Request of the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference for a Declaratory Decision Concern- ing the Relationship of "Approved Full- time Supply Pastors" (Par. 315-c to Paragraph 320 of the 1952 Discipline) |
June 25 1953 |
Decision
|
| 105 | The Request of the Council of Bishops for Declaratory Decision Concerning the Meaning of the Words |
July 19 1954 |
Decision
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