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Judicial Council

General Church
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.
General Conference
A procession of United Methodist bishops leads opening worship at the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. The United Methodist Church’s top court released two decisions related to bishops on May 2. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Church court voids change to bishop expenses

The United Methodist Church’s top court released two decisions related to bishops. One struck down a petition that General Conference passed earlier this week.
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Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey (right) presides over the election of Judicial Council members during the  United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., on May 1. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Elections held for all 9 Judicial Council spots

General Conference normally holds staggered elections for the church court’s lay and clergy membership, but the pandemic has thrown off that schedule and required a reset.

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