North Alabama 2020 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference Delegation
Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference
The 2020 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference has been postponed.
Every four years, elected clergy (pastors) and lay (local church members) delegates from the US Annual Conferences meet together for a Jurisdictional Conference to vote on business matters and to elect ordained elders to be Bishops for the church. (All five Jurisdictional Conferences happen simultaneously.) Once elected, a Bishop will be appointed to oversee an Episcopal Area within that Jurisdiction. An Episcopal Area is made up of a part, a whole, or multiple Annual Conference areas. There are 13 Episcopal areas within the Southeastern Jurisdiction.
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Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference Posts
Message from Bishop Wallace-Padgett: Postponed 2020 General Conference
The Commission on General Conference made the difficult decision for a second postponement of the 2020 General Conference after months of careful discernment.
March 01, 2021
Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett to continue as North Alabama episcopal leader through 2021
Because of the postponement of the General and Jurisdictional Conferences, the decision has been made to assign our Southeastern Jurisdiction bishops back to their current areas until the postponed 2020 Jurisdictional Conference meets on November 10-12, 2021.
May 29, 2020
UMC Bishops announce dates for postponed 2020 Jurisdictional Conferences
The new dates for the 2020 Jurisdictional Conferences in the United States, which have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are November 10-12, 2021.
May 27, 2020The 2020 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference has been postponed.
Every four years, elected clergy (pastors) and lay (local church members) delegates from the US Annual Conferences meet together for a Jurisdictional Conference to vote on business matters and to elect ordained elders to be Bishops for the church. (All five Jurisdictional Conferences happen simultaneously.) Once elected, a Bishop will be appointed to oversee an Episcopal Area within that Jurisdiction. An Episcopal Area is made up of a part, a whole, or multiple Annual Conference areas. There are 13 Episcopal areas within the Southeastern Jurisdiction.
Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference Posts
Message from Bishop Wallace-Padgett: Postponed 2020 General Conference
The Commission on General Conference made the difficult decision for a second postponement of the 2020 General Conference after months of careful discernment.
March 01, 2021
Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett to continue as North Alabama episcopal leader through 2021
Because of the postponement of the General and Jurisdictional Conferences, the decision has been made to assign our Southeastern Jurisdiction bishops back to their current areas until the postponed 2020 Jurisdictional Conference meets on November 10-12, 2021.
May 29, 2020
UMC Bishops announce dates for postponed 2020 Jurisdictional Conferences
The new dates for the 2020 Jurisdictional Conferences in the United States, which have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are November 10-12, 2021.
May 27, 2020
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