JCM 1171

http://archives.umc.org/interior_judicial.asp?mid=263&JDID=1291&JDMOD=VWD&SN=1100&EN=1189

Indiana Conference (newly merged) set up a steering committee on which the bishop had a vote. That is contrary to our tradition that the bishop may preside but not have a vote on conference matters. A lot of the restructuring done around the country features bishops adding another illegal arrow to their quiver of authority. Since the Council overturned the bishop’s supportive rulings on the questions of law, I hope bishops elsewhere will stop the overreaching they’ve done.