This is significant language in that the General Commission on General Conference did not cancel the conference, they postponed it. "We engaged in a fair, thorough, integrity-filled discussion of the alternatives," said Simpson. Kalema Tambwe, a clergy delegate from Eastern Congo, said holding General Conference this year ran the risk of seeing many delegates absent because they had difficulties related to vaccinations and obtaining visas. UMC The United Methodist Church needs new elections for GC 2024 if we want GC 2024 to be representative of the 2024 United Methodist Church. I value all of our churches, and I dont want any church to disaffiliate, he said. However, the new denominations Transitional Leadership Team announced plans to move the launch date up to May 1. Kim Simpson, the General Conference commission chair, said that moving the General Conference was the commissions decision by majority vote. What should United Methodist congregations know about disaffiliation? A group of 170 delegates from around the globe urged that General Conference be delayed until 2024, pointing to ongoing concerns around COVID and visa availability. They have been more than gracious., According to Graves, It is always a monumental task to host the General Conference, but to prepare several times and still not be able to put those plans into action seems even more difficult. Amid rising church disaffiliations, Council of Bishops President Thomas Bickerton called people who are staying United Methodist to change the conversation and reclaim Gods calling on the church. General Conference General Conference Sites Chosen for 2024 What is the Church's position on homosexuality? 2024 However, some churches already have decided to leave. Please encourage your leaders and congregations to support the General Administration Fund apportionment at 100 percent. After the commission's announcement, Council of Bishops President Cynthia Fierro Harvey said in a statement that she and her fellow bishops would begin "to explore various pathways for sustaining the worldwide mission and witness of The United Methodist Church, given the announcement of this further and understandable delay.". General Conferences further delay is now the fifth major change since the event was originally scheduled for May 2020. Commission members remain hopeful and pray that the worlds circumstances improve to help make the next General Conference not only possible, but a reminder of the witness of The United Methodist Church as a global representation of the body of Christ., excerpt from a story by Heather Hahn, assistant news editor, UMNS.

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