The United Methodist Church is forging a new identity beginning with actions taken at the 2020/2024 General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina (April 23-May 3, 2024). This series explores in some detail what elements of this new identity.
Parts 1-3 address what came into effect by the close of the Annual Conference session.
Part 4-6 address the Revised Social Principles, the deletion of disaffiliation legislation, and the mandate to create processes for reaffiliation, which took effect on January 1, 2025.
Part 7 (coming Fall 2025) will address the process of regionalization, assuming the 28 constitutional amendments required to do so are ratified, and the work on the Global Book of Discipline that still lies ahead.
Part 1: Decentering the United States: The United States Regional Committee
Part 2: Ending some chargeable offenses
Part 3: Reinstating some clergy
Part 4: Speaking to the world with (closer to) one voice
Part 5: Ending disaffiliation (Updated November 2024)
Part 6: Opening the door to reaffiliation
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