Decision Number 1468

Decision

An annual conference resolution is proper under Church law if its language does not cross the line between aspirational and prescriptive. Resolution #5, entitled “A Commitment to Grace in The Indiana Conference,” passed by the Indiana Annual Conference at its 2022 session contains prescriptive language that runs counter to The Discipline and is, therefore, null and void. The decision of Bishop Julius C. Trimble is reversed.

March 7, 2023