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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.
The United Methodist Church’s Judicial Council responded to questions about what General Conference’s delay by four years means for the membership of both agency boards and the church court itself.
The United Methodist Church’s Judicial Council reviewed questions stemming from a controversial church closure in North Carolina. The court also issued five other rulings after its fall deliberations.