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Hundreds of United Methodists will gather in Charlotte, N.C., in the next two weeks to make big decisions on the religious denomination’s policies, finances, inclusiveness and future. The international conference, referred to as the 2020 General Conference because the original event was postponed during the pandemic, comes after years of

The General Conference 2024 promises to be a consequential meeting for the UMC. A number of challenges face the denomination, and those challenges have only been exacerbated by the postponement of the 2020 meeting. The last year, the UMC has also faced a spate of disaffiliations, local churches who voted to leave the denomination and were given leeway to do so under a 2019 special addendum to the Book of Discipline.

The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology. Now the question is whether the church

United Methodists from Arkansas and around the world will gather in Charlotte, N.C., next week for the start of the denominations quadrennial general conference.

United Methodists from Arkansas and around the world will gather in Charlotte, N.C., next week for the start of the denominations quadrennial general conference.

The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology. Now the question is whether the church

The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology. Now, with the approach of its first major legislative gathering in several years, the question is whether the church can avert a similar outcome elsewhere in the world, where about half its […]

The thrice-delayed gathering will take place in Charlotte, N.C., beginning Tuesday, April 23.

The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology. Now the question is whether the church