Decision Number 1432

SUBJECT TO FINAL EDITING


March 15, 2022

Decision


An annual conference may adopt rules and regulations to equalize the lay with the ministerial membership as mandated by ¶ 32 of the Constitution. Such policies may specifically provide for the use of an organizational motion to be passed after the call to order but prior to the conduct of other business. The bishop’s Decisions of Law is affirmed.

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