Wednesday, May 11, 2022

United Methodist Judicial Council Rules Annual Conferences Cannot Exit Unilaterally


Key Points:
  • The Judicial Council, The United Methodist Church’s top court, ruled that current church law doesn’t allow U.S. annual conferences to leave the denomination.
  • The church court said that annual conferences have a right to vote on disaffiliation, but only General Conference can set the process for doing so.
  • The ruling answers questions from the United Methodist bishops, who are dealing with the ramifications of a splintering in the denomination.
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