General Conference Guidance Team
This is your McFarlin landing page to find out information and updates on the General Conference of The United Methodist Church. Check here to find news, commentary, FAQs, resources and more. This will be one of the primary communication pages for the McFarlin General Conference Guidance Team, whose mission is to strengthen the connection and unity of McFarlin by monitoring developments of and preparing the church to understand, manage, and respond constructively to the impact of decisions and developments by the General (worldwide) Conference of the United Methodist Church. If you have any questions, please feel free to email generalconference@mcfarlinumc.org.
General Conference Guidance Team and Senior Leadership Team
Joint Recommendation to the McFarlin Administrative Council
January 29, 2023
Considering the postponement of General Conference 2020 until May of 2024, the opening of an alternate Methodist denomination called the Global Methodist Church, and the decisions of some churches to consider disaffiliation and/or to disaffiliate, the McFarlin General Conference Guidance Team (GCGT) and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) recommends that McFarlin continue to focus on strengthening our unity and connection and on the steady continuance of our vital and robust ministries. We further recommend that we choose to take no formal actions toward either discernment or disaffiliation at least until the completion of General Conference 2020 now scheduled for April 23-May 3, 2024.
Bishops Corner
Check-in here for periodic updates from Bishop Nunn, the bishop of the Oklahoma Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church.
For the most up-to-date and unbiased reporting on General Conference developments, you can trust UMNews.
Links & Resources:
- General Conference Guidance Team Essential Points – Dec. 1
- Pastoral Letter from Bishop Nunn to the Church and Pastors in Oklahoma – July 8
- Administrative Council Statement on McFarlin’s Process of Discernment – April 24
- General Conference further postponed to 2024 – March 3
Oklahoma Conference Bishop James G. Nunn - FAQs about General Conference
Celebrating United Methodist Ministry Impact from 2022
