Legislative Decisions at 2025 Annual Conference
Read the final actions that Annual Conference members took on legislation during their June 9-11, 2025, gathering.
Contacts:
Chair: TBS
Secretary: Marilyn Steenwyk RMML9347@gmail.com
Historian: Dan Swinson, pastordan@sycamoreumc.org
Archivist: TBA
Depository: Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, The Styberg Library, 2121 N. Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201 847.866.3909 jaeyeon.chung@garrett.edu
General Commission on Archives and History
Resources:
Rock River Journals: In cooperation with G-ETS Styberg Library, we have digitized the nearly 400-page typescript of the Rock River Conference Journals from 1840-1852 into a searchable pdf. Click to view.
Download some of these other helpful documents
Survey for Local Church
Mission and Scope of the NIC Archives & History
Local Church Records – What to Save
Guidelines for Creating an Oral History
Read the final actions that Annual Conference members took on legislation during their June 9-11, 2025, gathering.
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