ess Work of the Methodist Episcopal Church, according to the provisions of this chapter. § 4. Training schools duly recognized as Deaconess Institutions of the Methodist Episcopal Church according to § 1 shall have the same opportunity for securing students from the whole Church as the other educational institutions of the Church. § 5. Each institution and each society which maintains or employs Deaconesses, or holds property for Deaconess uses within the bounds of the Annual Conference, shall report regularly to the Conference Board at least one month before the meeting of the Conference, according to such form as the General Deaconess Board shall adopt for use throughout the Church, and shall furnish such other information as its Conference Board may request. 231. The foregoing provisions shall apply to all Annual Conferences, Mission Conferences, and Missions. But in those parts of Europe where the Deaconess Work is legally incorporated with an inspector appointed by the Annual Conference, any of the foregoing provisions not compatible with the articles of such legal corporation shall be inoperative. I. TRIAL OF A BISHOP II. TRIAL OF A MISSIONARY BISHOP III. TRIAL OF A MEMBER OF AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE IV. TRIAL OF A PREACHER ON TRIAL V. TRIAL OF A LOCAL PREACHER VI. TRIAL OF A CHURCH MEMBER VII, APPEAL OF A BISHOP VIII. APPEAL OF A MEMBER OF AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE-JUDICIAL CONFERENCE IX. RESTORATION OF CREDENTIALS X. APPEAL OF A LOCAL PREACHER XI. APPEAL OF A CHURCH MEMBER-COURT OF APPEALS XII. GENERAL DIRECTIONS CHAPTER I TRIAL OF A BISHOP NOTE.-Throughout Part V of the Discipline-Judicial Administration-the term "Immorality" is used to include any violation of the Moral Law. I. Investigation ¶ 232. If a Bishop shall be accused of any violation of the moral law in the interval between sessions of the General Conference, the District Superintendent within whose District the offense is said to have been committed shall call to his aid four Traveling Elders, which five Ministers shall carefully inquire into the case; and if, in their judgment, there is reasonable ground for such accusation, they, or a majority of them, shall prepare and sign the proper charges in the case, unless such charges have already been prepared, shall send a copy of the same to the accused, and shall give notice thereof to one of the Bishops, furnishing him also with a copy of the charges. The Bishop so notified shall convene a Committee of Investigation to be composed of the Triers of Appeals, to be appointed as hereinafter provided, of four neighboring Conferences, over which Committee a Bishop shall preside. The accused shall have the right of peremptory challenge, yet so as not to reduce the number of the Committee below thirteen. The presiding Bishop shall appoint a Secretary, who shall keep a correct record of the proceedings and of the testimony. The Committee |