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Court rules against bishop-assignment guidance
The United Methodist Church’s top court said a committee’s recommendation for a bishop to serve in two jurisdictions went beyond what General Conference approved.
Judicial Council
Members of the 2024-2028 Judicial Council are (front row, from left) the Rev. Jonathan Ulanday; the Rev. Susan Henry-Crowe, president; the Rev. Angela Brown, secretary; and Molly Hlekani Mwayera; (back row, from left) Bill Waddell; Andrew Vorbrich; the Rev. Øyvind Helliesen; the Rev. Luan-Vu Tran; and Harriett Olson. The Judicial Council released decisions Oct. 29. Photo by Linda Bloom, UM News.

Church court: Season of church exits is over
The United Methodist Church’s top court ruled that a church closure cannot be used as a method of disaffiliation. The Judicial Council also struck down changes to church-closure law.
Judicial Council
The Judicial Council is meeting this fall for its first session since this year’s General Conference. It will be the last session using the current 2016 Book of Discipline before the new Discipline is released in January. Most of the new measures passed by General Conference take effect in the U.S. on Jan. 1. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Bishops, deaconesses and exits on court agenda
The United Methodist Church’s top court faces legal questions about actions at the recent General Conference, U.S. bishop assignments and a property dispute in Liberia.
General Conference
N. Oswald Tweh, president of the Judicial Council, speaks during the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., on May 3. The church’s top court released five decisions and a memorandum on its final day in response to a flurry of requests for declaratory decisions. Photo by Larry McCormack, UM News.

Delegates keep church court busy at assembly’s end
The United Methodist Church’s top court released five decisions and a memorandum in response to questions raised during the last two days of General Conference.

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