Decision Number 1405

SUBJECT TO FINAL EDITING


April 16, 2021

Decision


A lay delegate to General, Jurisdictional or Central Conferences is not required to be a lay member of the annual conference at the time of holding the General, Jurisdictional or Central Conferences. The membership requirement of laity is that of one’s local church within the annual conference. The Decision of Law of Bishop James E. Swanson is reversed.

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