North Alabama 2020 General Conference Delegation
General Conference
The 2020 General Conference has been postponed until 2024. It will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
General Conference is the top policy-making body of The United Methodist Church. It meets once every four years. Elected clergy (pastors) and lay (local church members) delegates from every Annual Conference and Central Conference will gather to worship, pray, debate and vote as one body. Bishops preside at the sessions of the General Conference but do not have the privilege of voice or vote in its deliberations.
The General Conference revises The Book of Discipline which outlines the organization, beliefs and official policies of The United Methodist Church. Delegates also revise The Book of Resolutions, a volume declaring the church’s stance on a variety of social issues. It also approves plans and budgets for church-wide programs.
General Conference Posts
Message from Bishop Wallace-Padgett: Third 2020 General Conference Postponement
My prayer is that we will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that God is with us as we serve and lead together as United Methodists in the North Alabama Conference.
March 07, 2022
General Conference further postponed to 2024
The Commission on the General Conference announced that the 2020 General Conference cannot be held in 2022 due to COVID-related and governmental policies/constraints.
March 03, 2022
Bishops Reconsider May 8 Special Session of General Conference
After much conversation, the bishops reached a decision that in the best interest of the church, they would cancel the Special Session of the General Conference on May 8, 2021.
March 22, 2021The 2020 General Conference has been postponed until 2024. It will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
General Conference is the top policy-making body of The United Methodist Church. It meets once every four years. Elected clergy (pastors) and lay (local church members) delegates from every Annual Conference and Central Conference will gather to worship, pray, debate and vote as one body. Bishops preside at the sessions of the General Conference but do not have the privilege of voice or vote in its deliberations.
The General Conference revises The Book of Discipline which outlines the organization, beliefs and official policies of The United Methodist Church. Delegates also revise The Book of Resolutions, a volume declaring the church’s stance on a variety of social issues. It also approves plans and budgets for church-wide programs.
General Conference Posts
Message from Bishop Wallace-Padgett: Third 2020 General Conference Postponement
My prayer is that we will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that God is with us as we serve and lead together as United Methodists in the North Alabama Conference.
March 07, 2022
General Conference further postponed to 2024
The Commission on the General Conference announced that the 2020 General Conference cannot be held in 2022 due to COVID-related and governmental policies/constraints.
March 03, 2022
Bishops Reconsider May 8 Special Session of General Conference
After much conversation, the bishops reached a decision that in the best interest of the church, they would cancel the Special Session of the General Conference on May 8, 2021.
March 22, 2021
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