North AL: Discerning Our Future

Discerning Our Future

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Local Church Cost of Disaffiliation Information Request

Call to Prayer and Discernment Informational Packet

FAQ on continued affiliation with and disaffiliation from The United Methodist Church

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NAC3 Team Message: Sharing the same feelings and holding to the same truths

Each month the NAC3 Team will share communications with the North Alabama Conference. This month, we would like to share our team’s report presented during the 2022 North Alabama Annual Conference in June.

July 28, 2022

Message from NAC3 Team

We would like to take this time to invite you to join us in a collective breath – a moment to define the moment we are in, discern what choices are best for us, and direct our efforts back to working together with trust and grace.

June 02, 2022

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The North Alabama Annual Conference will hold a Special Session of the Annual Conference on Dec. 10, 2022, to process the current requests for disaffiliation under ¶2553 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline. This is the first of potentially three gatherings the North Alabama Annual Conference will have to vote on disaffiliations for churches who, after going through our discernment process, discern to disaffiliate from The United Methodist Church. The other dates will be at the regular Annual Conference session in June 2023 and possibly another called Annual Conference in December 2023.

Below are some key dates and deadlines regarding the December 2022 Special Session of the Annual Conference:

Sept. 1, 2022 - Last day for a congregation to begin the discernment process to consider disaffiliation from The United Methodist Church and have time to complete it prior to the December 2022 Special Session. Contact your District Superintendent for more information. Please note: congregations not wishing to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church do not have to enter a discernment process.
Dec. 1, 2022 - Last day for a congregation to hold a Church Conference vote to disaffiliate from The United Methodist Church under Book of Discipline ¶2553 and be among the churches considered during the December 2022 Special Session of the North Alabama Annual Conference. Churches that hold a vote to disaffiliate under ¶2553 after December 1, 2022, will be processed at a North Alabama Annual Conference session in 2023.
Dec. 10, 2022 - Special Session of the North Alabama Annual Conference to be held with the purpose of processing current requests for disaffiliation under ¶2553 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline. This is the first of potentially three gatherings the North Alabama Annual Conference will have to vote on disaffiliations for churches under Book of Discipline ¶2553.
Dec. 31, 2023 - The ¶2553 Disaffiliation Process, which was added to the Book of Discipline by the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference expires.