2016 Wesleyan Discipline:16. Church Discipline Hearing Grounds for Challenge

16. Grounds for Challenge

5054. A person is disqualified to serve as a member of any judicatory who is personally interested in the matter, closely related to either the accused or the accuser, has been active for or against either party in the matter referred to in the charges, is at personal variance with either party, or who has prejudged the matter (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:5012; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:5040:3). Any member of a judicatory may, on such grounds, be challenged in writing by either party, provided that such challenge shall be made not later than one week prior to the opening of any hearing, and the allowance of such challenge shall be decided by the chair of the judicatory.