JCM 1165

http://archives.umc.org/interior_judicial.asp?mid=263&JDID=1285&JDMOD=VWD&SN=1100&EN=1189

Minnesota Conference jumped into the fray over JCD 1032 by asking if that decision was consistent with the “civil rights” paragraph in the Book of Discipline, Paragraph 4.

The Council responded exactly as they did in JCMs 1158 and 1160 verbatim, (they have no jurisdiction) even to the opinions added at the end . . . with one little twist. Beth Capen called on church leaders not to misinterpret JCD 1032 as saying homosexuals may not join the church.