Message from NAC3 Team: Who are we now?
We believe today is an important day to ask ourselves, “Who are we now? What is God calling us to do in this next chapter of ministry together?”
May 12, 2023Discerning Our Future
The Bishop, Cabinet, Conference Leadership Team and NAC3 Team have gathered frequently asked questions from North Alabama United Methodists. As additional frequently-asked questions emerge, they will be added so these pages may serve as a resource of up-to-date and accurate information for North Alabama United Methodists.
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Key Dates
The North Alabama Annual Conference will hold Special Sessions of the Annual Conference on Dec. 10, 2022, May 11, 2023, and Sept. 12, 2023, to process requests for disaffiliation under ¶2553 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline. These are the three opportunities 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 under ¶2553.
Key dates and deadlines regarding the May 2023 Special Session of the North Alabama Annual Conference:
- Feb 1, 2023 - 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 May 2023 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.
- May 1, 2023 - Deadline for congregations to turn in all disaffiliation-related documentation and financial payments due to the Annual Conference.
- May 11, 2023 - 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 second 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.
Key dates and deadlines regarding the September 2023 Special Session of the North Alabama Annual Conference:
- April 1, 2023 - 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 September 2023 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.
- August 1, 2023 - Deadline for congregations to turn in all disaffiliation-related documentation and financial payments due to the Annual Conference.
- Sept. 12, 2023 - 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 final of 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.
Discerning Our Future Posts
Message from NAC3 Team: A Prayer for May 11
The NAC3 Team invites all North Alabama United Methodists to join in prayer for the May 11 special session of Annual Conference and the continued ministries of all our congregations.
May 10, 2023
Message from the NAC3 Team: Season of reflection and renewal
So what comes next? Now we must roll up our sleeves and dig in together, as many groups and congregations have been doing across the Conference.
January 12, 2023The Bishop, Cabinet, Conference Leadership Team and NAC3 Team have gathered frequently asked questions from North Alabama United Methodists. As additional frequently-asked questions emerge, they will be added so these pages may serve as a resource of up-to-date and accurate information for North Alabama United Methodists.
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Key Dates
The North Alabama Annual Conference will hold Special Sessions of the Annual Conference on Dec. 10, 2022, May 11, 2023, and Sept. 12, 2023, to process requests for disaffiliation under ¶2553 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline. These are the three opportunities 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 under ¶2553.
Key dates and deadlines regarding the May 2023 Special Session of the North Alabama Annual Conference:
- Feb 1, 2023 - 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 May 2023 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.
- May 1, 2023 - Deadline for congregations to turn in all disaffiliation-related documentation and financial payments due to the Annual Conference.
- May 11, 2023 - 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 second 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.
Key dates and deadlines regarding the September 2023 Special Session of the North Alabama Annual Conference:
- April 1, 2023 - 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 September 2023 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.
- August 1, 2023 - Deadline for congregations to turn in all disaffiliation-related documentation and financial payments due to the Annual Conference.
- Sept. 12, 2023 - 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 final of 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.
Discerning Our Future Posts
Message from NAC3 Team: Who are we now?
We believe today is an important day to ask ourselves, “Who are we now? What is God calling us to do in this next chapter of ministry together?”
May 12, 2023
Message from NAC3 Team: A Prayer for May 11
The NAC3 Team invites all North Alabama United Methodists to join in prayer for the May 11 special session of Annual Conference and the continued ministries of all our congregations.
May 10, 2023
Message from the NAC3 Team: Season of reflection and renewal
So what comes next? Now we must roll up our sleeves and dig in together, as many groups and congregations have been doing across the Conference.
January 12, 2023
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