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.
Rev. Donald Long, retired member of the Northern Illinois Conference, passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. During his ministry he served Chicago: St. Paul Wesley; Rockford: Court Street; Rockford: Grace (associate); Rockford: Harlem; Steward and Rockford: Broadway.
Rev. Long was 86 years old.
A celebration of his life will be held this summer.
Message of condolences can be posted online at the Fitgerald Funeral Home website.
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.
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.
Early in the morning of 18 April 2024, 22 members of the Northern Illinois Conference Anti-Racism Task Force, many of whom had participated in last year’s Civil…