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The General Conference of The United Methodist Church last met April 23 through May 3, 2024, in Charlotte, NC. It will meet again in 2028. Explore news, decisions and celebrations from this global gathering: Official Site. Latest News.
- What happened and what didn't at General Conference 2019
The General Conference is the legislative body of the...
- What happened and what didn't at General Conference 2019
5 days ago · In the words of Decision 1512, The United Methodist Church is now “in a new season” after five years of congregations leaving under the auspices of church law. The special General Conference in 2019 instituted the Discipline’s Paragraph 2553 amid intensifying debate and defiance over bans on same-sex weddings and gay clergy.
Jun 25, 2024 · When General Conference opened April 23, the lawmaking body of more than 750 United Methodists from around the globe had 1,099 petitions to consider. By the assembly’s closing worship on May 3, the delegates had voted to support more than 500 pieces of legislation — setting a new course for The United Methodist Church. Some legislation took ...
May 15, 2024 · In previous groundbreaking sessions, the Methodist Church’s General Conference voted to ordain women with full clergy rights in 1956 and officially ended the segregation of Black clergy and members during the same 1968 Uniting Conference that saw the union of Methodists and Evangelical United Brethren into today’s United Methodist Church ...
Apr 22, 2024 · The United Methodist Church will bear the same name after top legislative assembly next week, but in many ways will be an entirely new denomination. ... The UMC General Conference is convening in ...
May 3, 2024 · The coming General Conference is to have 862 voting delegates — 55.9% from the U.S., 32% from Africa, 6% from the Philippines, 4.6% from Europe and the remainder from concordat churches that have close ties to The United Methodist Church. Half are to be clergy and half lay. Bishops preside at General Conference sessions but do not have a vote.
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The General Conference is the legislative body of the worldwide United Methodist Church. What happens next? Constitutionality : Before the 2019 Special Session of General Conference closed, a motion was passed (405-395) to request a decision from the Judicial Council on the constitutionality of the Traditional Plan's legislative petitions.
