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Ratification process for constitutional amendments announced
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The 2024 General Conference passed several proposed amendments to United Methodist Constitution. These unique pieces of legislation only become official once they are ratified by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the aggregate of members to the annual conferences.
United Methodist leaders are bringing legislative proposals before the General Conference to create new regional conferences that will each have equal power to pass legislation within their prospective regions.
Learn MoreThe Postponed 2020 General Conference voted to add the words "gender" and "ability" to Paragraph 4, Article 4 of The United Methodist Church's Constitution. This historic vote now needs to be ratified by all the annual conferences across the worldwide connection.
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