Release of Legislation for the Special General Conference 2019
Bishop Sally Dyck explains a few adjustments to the process leading up to the Special General Conference in February 2019.
Read MoreBishop Sally Dyck explains a few adjustments to the process leading up to the Special General Conference in February 2019.
Read MoreThe General/Jurisdictional Delegation will be holding listening sessions leading up to the Special Session in February 2019. You can choose to attend any one of the locations.
Read MoreThe Council of Bishops is issuing the following statement, written by the bishops who served on the Commission on a Way Forward and approved by the Executive Committee of the Council of Bishops this week.
Read MoreThe Secretary of the General Conference has announced that an error was made in the text of a proposed Constitutional amendment as it was presented for voting, and which subsequently failed to pass. Amendment #1 of the five constitutional amendments that were approved by the 2016 General Conference--and which narrowly failed to be ratified--included a sentence which had been removed by the legislative body.
Read MoreUnited Methodist bishops, meeting in Chicago, engaged in a prayerful process to discern a way forward. Having received and considered the extensive work of the Commission on a Way Forward, the Council of Bishops will submit a report to the Special Session of the General Conference in 2019
Read MoreUnited Methodist bishops were reminded that the church is watching, waiting and wondering if and how they will lead the denomination into the future at the opening of the 2018 April/May meeting of the Council of Bishops at the Hilton Rosemont Hotel outside Chicago.
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