JCD 1127

http://archives.umc.org/interior_judicial.asp?mid=263&JDID=1243&JDMOD=VWD&SN=1100&EN=1181

This time the Western Michigan conference secretary’s minutes came along with the bishop’s ruling on a question of law and what was apparently the written question. There does not seem to be anything more that needed to be sent so there was no need for the Council Secretary to pursue the matter. The Council found it had no record of the question in the minutes and therefore had no jurisdiction.

Even so, the matter was remanded to the bishop for review in the next session of the Council. The Council must have felt there was something to pursue….