The Commission on the General Conference has announced that the 2024 United Methodist General Conference will be held April 23 – May 3, 2024, at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. (
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The 2020 United Methodist General Conference, originally set for May 5-15, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was postponed three times due to health safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
General Conference is the top policy-making body of The United Methodist Church which meets once every four years. The conference can revise church law, as well as adopt resolutions on current moral, social, public policy, and economic issues. It also approves plans and budgets for church-wide programs.
The North Georgia Conference
delegation to General Conference is chaired by Rev. Dr. Byron Thomas. There are 862 delegates to the postponed 2020 General Conference from around the world. The North Georgia Conference has 22 delegates.
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