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The UMC General Conference, which is the denomination's top legislative assembly, gathers for its second and final week in Charlotte. This is the general conference in session on April 30, 2024 at ...
The United Methodist Church General Conference, the denomination's top legislative assembly, gathers for second and final week for major policy votes.
The current proposal to the UMC General Conference is a $353 million overall budget, a 42% decrease from the previously approved budget in 2016 — when the general conference met for its last ...
Karen Oliveto (born April 4, 1958 [1]) is an American bishop. She is the first openly lesbian bishop to be elected in the United Methodist Church. She was elected bishop on July 15, 2016, at the Western Jurisdictional conference. [2] Her four-year term of service began September 1, 2016 and she currently serves as the bishop of the UMC's ...
United Methodist Church. The Book of Discipline and constitution of the United Methodist connection define the composition of the General Conference as no less than 600 and no more 1,000 delegates, half laity and half clergy. These delegates are elected by the Annual Conferences and several other specialized bodies within the structure of The ...
Reconciling Congregation Program. The Reconciling Ministries Network ( RMN) is an organization seeking the inclusion of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities in both the policy and practices of United Methodist Church. It is one of many Welcoming Congregation organizations to emerge in American Christianity in the 1980s.
The biggest unknown is how UMC churches in the Global South (Africa, Asia, and South America) will respond after the next General Conference in late April 2024.
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