Location: Multiple locations and Zoom

Northern Illinois Conference's cabinet and  delegates to the 2020/2024 United Methodist General Conference and the North Central Jurisdictional Conference 2024 invite all interested to a debriefing session.

Watch a recording of the Sept 23 Zoom Session

They will detail what happened at these conferences what difference the decisions will make for congregations as well as the denomination as a whole. You will want to hear their explanations and ask questions—in part because voting annual conference session members will consider constitutional amendments in the next couple of years.    

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Resources

• Recording of the Sept. 23 Zoom Session
• Slides from the Sept. 23 Zoom Session
• General Conference Results Fliers
• Regionalization Summary (from Resource UMC)
• Information on the Book of Discipline (from the Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters)
• Regionalization Infographic (from the UMC)
• General Conference Legislative Recap (from Resource UMC)
• Revised Social Principles (from Church and Society)

   

News Articles

• Overview
  • Historic assembly sets United Methodists on new path
  • All that General Conference passed
  • GC delegates pass budget, reduce US bishops
• Regionalizing Church Structure
  • What does ‘regionalization’ mean for the UMC?
  • General Conference gives regionalization green light
• Removal of Harmful Language
  • May 1 wrap-up: Gay clergy ban lifted, new retirement plan approved
  • United Methodists remove same-sex wedding ban
  • LGBTQ bans slowly being eliminated
• Revises Social Principles
  • April 27 wrap-up: First revised Social Principles pass, committee work ends
  • Social Principles as Adopted by General Conference Charlotte, 2024
• Constitutional Amendments
  • Ratification process for constitutional amendments announced

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Get the background on constitutional amendments.

These address:

• regionalization
• membership inclusion
• stands against racism, racial inequity, colonialism, white privilege, and white supremacy
• the educational requirements that  enable local pastors  to vote for General Conference clergy delegates

While General Conference delegates passed these constitutional amendments, they must be ratified by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the aggregate number of all voting members present and voting at their annual conference sessions.

Session Information:

• Sept. 21, 10 a.m. to noon, at First UMC, 1903 E. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights Session Canceled
• Sept. 22, 3 to 5 p.m., at Christ UMC, 4509 Highcrest Rd., Rockford
• Sept. 23: 6 to 8 p.m. online via Zoom