General Conference 2024
After a four-year delay, the 2020 General Conference will take place April 23-May 3, 2024 in Charlotte, NC.
The General Conference Website
https://www.resourceumc.org/en/churchwide/general-conference-2020
United Methodist News Service
https://www.umnews.org/en/category/general-conference
Virginia Conference Delegation
Click here to view a list of names for the Virginia Conference Delegation.
General Conference News
Used by permission of UM News
General Conference gives regionalization green light
By: Heather Hahn
April 25, 2024 | Charlotte, NC
General Conference has now passed much of the legislation that aims to give The United Methodist Church’s different geographic regions equal standing in decision-making. Read more…
Young People Share fears, hopes for future church
By: Eveline Chikwanah
April 24, 2024 | Charlotte, NC
Young people have likened the current happenings in The United Methodist Church to a divorce with devastating effects on the children, but they asserted there is hope for a bright future.
To thunderous applause, Alejandra Salemi of the Florida Conference said the denomination’s lawmaking assembly is being held “in the midst of what feels like an emotional whirlpool that only something like divorce proceedings can stir up.” Read more…
VAUMC News – General Conference
Registration now open for Post General Conference Panel Discussion
The Virginia Conference will host a post-General Conference Zoom webinar on Thursday, May 9 at 7 p.m. The panel will include Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson; Rev. Lindsey Baynham Freeman, head of
Kim Johnson, GC delegate and NOVA District Director of Communications, has created a helpful infographic for individual and church use to explain the purpose of General Conference and more.
Resources
General Conference news and information from Virginia Conference Communications, featuring local clergy and laity. New resources will be added weekly through early May.
Playlist
Before Conference Conversations: Podcasts (16 episodes)
Playlist
General Conference FAQs
All of the legislation which was properly submitted in September 2019 for the 2020 General Conference is still properly before the body for consideration at the April 23-May 3, 2024 General Conference session.
The Judicial Council, the top court of the UMC, determined that any postponement of the General Conference would reset the submission deadlines for proposed legislation. Additional legislation was therefore allowed to be submitted, with a deadline of September 2023. The newly submitted petitions and new, updated reports from the denomination’s general agencies were then organized by legislative committee and translated into multiple languages. They were released in January 2024 and will be considered by the body alongside the originally submitted legislation. Learn more here.
The next General Conference will be held in Charlotte, NC from April 23-May 3, 2024.
This will depend in part on the legislation before the General Conference body. Normal General Conference sessions include a week of legislative committees prior to the General Conference body meeting together as a whole.