General Conference 2020 (2024) Updates
The UMC General Conference (postponed from 2020) came to order on the morning of April 23. Follow daily reports focusing on topics of interest to Northern Illinois Conference readers.
Looking for a fun and creative way to get youth and young adults involved in discipleship work? The Northern Illinois Conference Discipleship Task Force's "What does Jesus meme to me" contest is extending its deadline to April 30 at noon.
Click here to listen to Deacon Sharon Rice of Centennial UMC in Belvidere talk about the contest. It’s fun and easy, and participants can win up to $100!
Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place entries. Click here for contest rules and information.
The UMC General Conference (postponed from 2020) came to order on the morning of April 23. Follow daily reports focusing on topics of interest to Northern Illinois Conference readers.
General Conference takes thousands of people to help the event run smoothly and do its work. United Methodists from across Northern Illinois partici…
Bishop Dan Schwerin has appointed Rev. Christian Coon as Northern Illinois Conference Director of Congregational Development, effective July 1. Rev. Coon will…
Without debate, General Conference removed the UMC’s ban on the ordination of clergy who are “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” —a prohibition that dates to 1984.