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2008 General & Jurisdictional Conferences

About General Conference 2008

Convening only every four years, General Conference is the top policy-making body of The United Methodist Church.  April 23-May 2, 2008 in Ft. Worth, Texas will be the next General Conference.

The conference revises The Book of Discipline (book of church law) and Social Principles and adopts resolutions on current moral, social, public policy and economic issues. It also approves plans and budgets for churchwide programs for the next four years.  ...more information

Highlights & Features of the Upcoming General Conference

Highlights of the Recent Pre-general Conference Briefing

West Ohio General Conference Delegations:  Church law provides for a maximum of 1,000 delegates - half clergy, half lay.   At the 2007 West Ohio Annual Conference in June, you elected the following delegates to the 2008 General Conference: 

Lay Delegates           Clergy Delegates

 

Jurisdictional Conference 2008

Lay Delegates     Alternates (Lay)

Clergy Delegates    Alternates (Clergy)