7 thoughts on “The “Local Option” for United Methodists (Another Post That Is Not About Sex)”
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I completely agree with that, Larry.
The “local option” characterized above is not congregational, but at the AC level. This, actually, is not simply a “de facto” reality, but also “de jure.” Key phrases in our Constitution: “The Annual Conference is the basic body in the Church” (par. 33) … . While the GC gets to define matters “distinctively connectional” (Par. 16) — and this includes the requirements for ordination, and matters regarding our form of worship — it is reserved to the AC (and to >its< supervisory and judicial processes) to determine when these requirements are met or violated, and if violated, how important the violation is, and what consequence is proportionate to it.