To Note:
Petitions that were submitted for the 2020 General Conference are still valid for consideration in 2024, but there was also a new window for submission of petitions to fulfill the requirements of Paragraph 507.
A supplement to the previously printed Advance Daily Christian Advocate (ADCA) has been compiled.
The new, valid petitions, reports, and updated Delegate Handbook information for the General Conference are published in English, French, Portuguese, and Kiswahili.
What to know about General Conference proposals: More than 1,000 legislative petitions aiming to shape the future will be before the lay and clergy delegates when they meet for the denomination’s COVID-delayed policymaking assembly on April 23-May 3 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
View and download (PDF):
ENGLISH
Volume 1 (Handbook for Delegates)
Volume 2, Section 1 (Reports and Proposed Legislation)
Volume 2, Section 2 (Reports and Proposed Legislation)
Volume 3, Section 1 (Supplement for 2024, subject to final editing)
FRENCH
Volume 1 (Manuel pour délégués)
Volume 2, Section 1 (Rapports et législation proposée)
Volume 2, Section 2 (Rapports et législation proposée)
KISWAHILI
Buka la 1 (Kijitabu cha Wajumbe)
Buka la 2, Sehemu ya 1 (Ripoti na Sheria Zilizopendekezwa)
Buka la 2, Sehemu ya 2 (Ripoti na Sheria Zilizopendekezwa)
PORTUGUESE
Volume 1 (Manual para os Delegados)
Volume 2, Secção 1 (Relatórios e Legislação Proposta)
Volume 2, Secção 2 (Relatórios e Legislação Proposta)
Like any legislative body, General Conference has some of its own lingo.
The Book of Discipline: The United Methodist Church’s policy book that contains its law, doctrine, constitution, organizational work and procedures. Each General Conference amends the Book of Discipline.
The Book of Resolutions: This volume contains resolutions or pronouncements on issues that General Conference has approved. The text of any resolution is considered the denomination’s official position on a topic.
Petition: A request to the General Conference for official action on a topic or issue, similar to a bill before the U.S. Congress. But not all petitions are intended to become law. A petition can suggest a change in the Book of Discipline, approval of a resolution or some course of action the denomination should take.
Advance Daily Christian Advocate (Advance DCA or ADCA): A set of volumes containing the agenda, rules, delegate listings, petitions, reports from church organizations and other information for delegates.
Daily Christian Advocate (DCA): The official journal of the General Conference.
Read more of the General Conference glossary.