JCD 1204

http://archives.umc.org/interior_judicial.asp?mid=263&JDID=1325&JDMOD=VWD&SN=1201&EN=1204

Another conference attempted to restructure and had its plan forwarded for review by the Judicial Council. And again the Council had to point out significant flaws, remand the plan back to the annual conference, and retain jurisdiction to be sure the flaws were corrected.

Streamlining may seem like a good idea for administrative purposes and for cost effectiveness. What it usually shows is how low in priorities of key leadership are things like ministries to young people, maintaining an active mission outreach, and keeping adequate archives. What makes it worse is that certain conference leaders must have refused to respond to questions about such concerns during the decision-making process and forced the matter to be forwarded to take up time of the Judicial Council.