Click here for an excellent article regarding the decision of the Iowa United Methodist Conference leadership to knowingly defy the official book of rules, the United Methodist Discipline. The article explains how the Iowa leadership are encouraged by the bishop to defy Discipline, yet when it comes to other matters including disaffiliation of congregations, the leadership strictly, and punitively at times, strictly adhere to United Methodist Discipline.
https://jaytherrell.com/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do/