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Bishop's Prayer for a Way Forward
O God of Light and Revelation, We rejoice in your light, perfectly revealed in your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. We pray that during this season of Epiphany, you will radiate your light through us in ways that transform us and ...
January 15, 2017
General Conference
Praying Our Way Forward Phase 2 Commences January 1
The second phase of the "Praying Our Way Forward" initiative will be launched New Year’s Day with 75 weeks of focused prayer for The United Methodist Church. The effort will begin January 1 in the North Carolina Conference, and ...
January 01, 2017
General Church General Conference
Council of Bishops Names 32 Commission Members
Washington, D.C.— The United Methodist Council of Bishops has announced the membership of the Commission on a Way Forward. "After three months of diligent and prayerful discernment, we have selected eight bishops, 11 laity, 12 ...
October 24, 2016
Bishop Wallace-Padgett General Conference
Reflections on General Conference
Upon returning from General Conference in Portland, Oregon, Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett sat down with clergy delegates Dr. Robin Scott and Rev. Dale Cohen to discuss and reflect on this worldwide meeting of the United Methodist ...
May 25, 2016
General Conference
General Conference Updates (updated daily)
  Friday, May 20 Update Delegates gathered for the last day of the 2016 General Conference and once again began their day with worship together. The United Methodist Church as placed advertising messages at various sites around ...
May 10, 2016
General Conference
2016 General Conference Preview
The 2016 United Methodist General Conference will meet May 10-20, 2016, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.   General Conference is the top policy-making body of The United Methodist Church. It meets once every ...
May 03, 2016
General Conference Lay Ministry Southeastern Jurisdiction
Lay Ministry Blog: 2016 General and Jurisdictional Conference Delegation
It seems like it was only yesterday that the 2014 North Alabama Annual Conference elected our clergy and lay delegates to the 2016 General and Jurisdictional Conferences. General Conference Based on the membership of our annual ...
April 26, 2016
General Conference
Free online course helps engage more people with General Conference
Exploring General Conference, a free online course from United Methodist Communications, is designed to help participants learn more about the official decision-making body of The United Methodist Church and to explore many of the...
February 28, 2016
General Conference
Connect with General Conference through redesigned mobile app
Picture from www.umc.org/who-we-are/general-conference-2016-mobile-app General Conference, in the palm of your hand - a redesigned 2016 General Conference app is now available. A helpful way to stay connected and learn more about...
February 07, 2016
General Conference
New research: United Methodist pastors, leaders ahead of the tech game
United Methodist pastors and church leaders match or exceed the average U.S. technology adoption rates, according to new research from United Methodist Communications. “The purpose of the United Methodist Emerging Technology ...
February 05, 2016
General Conference
Petition Submission Begins for General Conference 2016
Delegates consider legislation at the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose. Petitions for consideration by the 2016 General Conference may be submitted to the Petitions Secretary ...
April 08, 2015
General Church General Conference
Music or Dance Ensembles Sought for General Conference 2016
United Methodist choirs and worship ensemble groups from around the world may now audition online for an invitation to perform at the 2016 General Conference, The United Methodist Church’s top legislative assembly which meets in ...
October 12, 2014
Adult Discipleship General Conference
Grants Available to Churches for Creative Older Adult Ministries
Local churches with ideas for creative ministries involving older adults can apply for a limited number of special Aging in Poverty Ministry grants from the United Methodist Committee on Older Adult Ministries (OAM). The grants ...
July 19, 2014
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2014 Annual Conference - General and Jurisdictional Conference Delegate Elections

<p> Click the title above to see the latest announced information regarding North Alabama&#39;s election of Delegates to the 2016 General and Jurisdictional Conferences.&nbsp;</p>

June 04, 2014
General Conference Lay Ministry Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference
Lay Ministry: General and Jurisdictional Conference Delegate Elections at 2014 Annual Conference

In the past, Annual Conferences elected delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conference at the Annual Conference session held the calendar year preceding General Conference. However, in 2012, our North Alabama Conference delegation to General Conference proposed legislation, which was adopted by the General Conference, to allow Annual Conferences to elect delegates two annual conference sessions before the General Conference session.

December 04, 2013
Annual Conference General Conference Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference
North Alabama to hold General and Jurisdictional Conference delegate elections at 2014 Annual Conference
The 2016 General Conference, the top policy-making body of the United Methodist Church and the only body that officially speaks for the denomination, will meet in Portland, Oregon, on May 10-20, 2016. The 2016 General Conference ...
December 04, 2013
General Conference
2016 General Conference to see drop in delegates
The 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore., will have about 15 percent fewer delegates than recent gatherings of The United Methodist Church’s top lawmaking body. The Commission on the 2016 General Conference on Friday, Oct. ...
October 22, 2013
General Church General Conference Ordained Ministry
New wrinkle in appointment security
Supporters of guaranteed appointments for United Methodist clergy have a new reason for hope. The Rev. L. Fitzgerald "Gere" Reist II, secretary of the General Conference, informed the Council of Bishops late June 11 that the ...
June 13, 2012
General Conference
General Conference 2012 concludes
The 2012 meeting of the United Methodist General Conference met April 24 to May 4, 2012, in Tampa, Florida. This top legislative body of the church, which meets once every four years, worked through legislation submitted by ...
May 07, 2012
General Conference
First week ofGeneral Conference business comes to a close
Delegates relived some painful chapters in the lives of Native peoples during an April 27 “Act of Repentance toward Healing Relationships with Indigenous Peoples.” “There’s a lot of history that has been concealed; you have to ...
April 28, 2012
General Conference
GC2012: Covenant for a worldwide church debuts
For more than 270 years, the Methodist movement has expanded and grown in almost every part of the world, including in the regions outside the United States that United Methodists call central conferences. Recent growth is ...
April 26, 2012
General Conference
Debate on rules, holy conferencing, follow major addresses
TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) –– After a morning of major addresses and after a lengthy session establishing rules for legislative processes, delegates broke into 13 legislative committees to elect officers. After an afternoon of training,...
April 25, 2012
General Conference
General Conference delegates begin worldwide conference
The General Conference of the United Methodist Church is meeting April 24 - May 4, 2012, in Tampa, Florida. General Conference is the highest legislative body in the denomination. It meets once every four years. It is the only ...
April 25, 2012
General Conference
First service recalls Jesus' seaside ministry
The 2012 United Methodist General Conference was washed in the sights and sounds of water as delegates from around the world began 10 days of work with a worship service that invited them to discipleship by the sea. Marcus ...
April 24, 2012
General Conference
General Conference 2012 Officially Begins
TAMPA, Fla. (UMNS) –– Nearly 1,000 United Methodist delegates gathered April 24 beside Tampa Bay for a 10-day conference to consider 1,200 petitions that will determine the manner in which the 12.1-million-member denomination ...
April 24, 2012
General Conference
12 ways to be connected to General Conference 2012
The General Conference of the United Methodist Church will meet April 24 - May 4, 2012, in Tampa, Florida. General Conference is the highest legislative body in the denomination. It meets once every four years. It is the only ...
April 23, 2012
Annual Conference General Conference Southeastern Jurisdiction
2012 is big year for United Methodist conferencing
The United Methodist Church is a "connectional church," which means United Methodist churches are connected by a system to guide their work, govern their policies and to be in ministry throughout the world in more ways than any ...
April 18, 2012
General Conference
Remember the Future: 30 Days of Preparation for General Conference daily blogs starts Monday, March 26
Bishop Robert Schnase has created series of online reflections leading up to General Conference called "Remember the Future: 30 Days of Preparation." In a letter to the Council of Bishops, Bishop Gregory V. Palmer explains that ...
March 24, 2012
General Conference
North Alabama Delegation issues Endorsement of the Call to Action
Endorsement of the Call to Action by the North Alabama Delegation On March 10, 2012, the North Alabama Conference General and Jurisdictional Conference delegations endorsed the spirit and concept of the Council of Bishops’ ...
March 23, 2012
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