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The North Texas Conference is an Annual Conference (a regional episcopal area of the United Methodist Church). This conference encompasses a triangle-shaped northern portion of the state of Texas that spans from Dallas to Wichita Falls to Paris. The conference includes a small geographic area relative to most annual conferences. [1]
Following historic UMC policy changes in May 2024, the West Ohio Conference commissioned Cox and celebrated the decision at a celebration of ministry service on June 1, 2024 during the local ...
Prior to the United Methodist Church's May 2024 General Conference, the UMC had rules, found in the Book of Discipline, that prohibited same-sex unions and the ordination of noncelibate homosexuals. Many progressive UMC leaders and churches, especially in the United States, are supportive of gay marriage and ignored the injunctions in the Book ...
As of the 2012 General Conference, Bishops are required to retire if they reach age 68 on or before July 1 in the year of jurisdictional conferences. This ensures that no bishop is serving under appointment beyond their 72nd Birthday (which is currently the age of Mandatory Retirement in the UMC).
The conference was scheduled to be held in 2020 but had to be postponed because of the COVID pandemic, international travel challenges, and escalating tensions within the UMC regarding its LGBT+ ...
United Methodist News, the United Methodist Church's official outlet, reported that 1,603 churches or 30.3% of the congregations in 2019, have left the South Central Jurisdiction conferences ...
Pages in category "United Methodist Annual Conferences" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The delegates, half clergy and half lay Methodists, are the decision makers at General Conference. WHAT United Methodists open first top-level conference since breakup over LGBTQ inclusion