JCM 1144

http://archives.umc.org/interior_judicial.asp?mid=263&JDID=1264&JDMOD=VWD&SN=1100&EN=1181

Getting the question of law properly worded makes all the difference in the world when it comes to being sure the issue is reviewed by the Council. In this case, the questioner at the Indiana Conference asked if the matter was properly before the conference, which is a parliamentary procedural question, hence not within the Council’s jurisdiction. The person raising the question could have asked, “Are the provisions of the budget policy on which we voted in violation of the Book of Discipline, Paragraphs (so-and-so)?” I believe a question of that nature would have been taken up by the Council.