General Conference Highlights

The highest policy-making body of The United Methodist Church, the 2008 United Methodist General Conference, began its legislative session on April 23 in Fort Worth, Texas and conducted its business around a communion table made from trees destroyed by Hurricane Katrina at the historic Gulfside Retreat Center in Mississippi. Guided by the theme “A Future with Hope,” nearly 1,000 delegates from around the world discussed budget items, restructuring the church and wrangled over wording in many of the 1,564 petitions submitted for their consideration. The General Conference, which convenes only once every four years, ended its legislative session on May 2, and will meet again in 2012.

If you are interested, you can read a wrap-up of General Conference proceedings here. You may also be interested in an archive of news articles related to the 2008 General Conference which were written by the United Methodist News Service.