General Conference is the highest legislative body in The United Methodist Church, where delegates gather from all over the world to consider revisions to church law and adopt resolutions on current moral, social, public policy and economic issues. The General Conference also approves plans and budgets for church-wide programs for the next four years.
General Conference usually convenes once every four years to determine the denomination’s future direction, however, General Conference has been postponed several times due to the pandemic and the assembly was unable to meet in 2020., which means the last regular session was in May 2016. The coming General Conference, is now scheduled for April 23-May 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and comes at a particularly momentous time.
If you plan to be in Charlotte for the conference, be sure to visit the General Conference Welcome site.
General Conference Clergy Delegates
Tom Pace
Romonica Malone-Wardley
Vincent Harris
Jeff McDonald
Laceye Warner
Todd Jordan
Elizabeth Duffin
DeAndre Johnson
John Stephens
General Conference Lay Delegates
Donald House
Stacie Hawkins
Melba Wilson
Eddie Erwin
Kimbereley Gilmore
John Esquivel
Scott Atnip
Wayne Haglund
Jan Ervin
Jurisdictional Conference Clergy Delegates
Keith Whitaker
Eleanor Colvin
Justin Coleman
Deborah Hawboldt
Pat Sparks
Emily Chapman
Michelle Hall
Lindsay Kirkpatrick
Daniel Irving
Lay Jurisdictional Conference Delegates During the Laity Session of Annual conference 2024, 10 delegates to 2024 Jurisdictional Conference will be elected. Learn More about the candidates in our Laity Profile Booklet.