Top court meets in aftermath of GC2019
Here's a good overview of the decisions being made this week (April 23-26) in Evanston by the Judicial Council, the United Methodist "Supreme Court."
The United Methodist Church’s top court is poised to review actions taken in February during a contentious legislative session that still threatens to divide the denomination. ...No oral hearings are scheduled, and the court’s rulings will be posted on its website at some point after the session concludes. The April 2019 docket is short but significant.
General Conference, the denomination’s top lawmaking assembly, in February passed the Traditional Plan, which strengthens enforcement of bans on “self-avowed practicing” gay clergy and same-sex weddings.
I continue to call it the "Traditionalist" Plan, since it is not traditional. See this article in particular, and this bibliography for more on this plan. This whole part of my web site is focused on the backlash and aftermath of the General Conference of 2019, and the dilemma faced by United Methodist members, churches, conferences, and jurisdictions. -- Ben Roe