The General Commission of Archives and History (GCAH) is submitting two petitions to General Conference 2020 when the legislative gathering meets April 23-May 3, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C.
One piece of legislation addresses record keeping for churches that have disaffiliated from The United Methodist Church.
Another piece concerns the definition of United Methodist Heritage Landmarks.
The United Methodist Church currently has given this distinction to 49 sacred sites. A Heritage Landmark is a location specifically related to significant events, developments, or personalities in the history of The United Methodist Church.
A petition submitted to General Conference 2020 is set to add another five Heritage Landmarks to the list.
The proposed new Heritage Landmarks are Helenor M. Alter Davisson's grave site at Barkley Township, Indiana; Western Union, now Westmar College campus in Le Mars, Iowa; Lakeside Chautauqua Cluster, Lakeside, Ohio; Christ United Methodist Church, Honolulu, Hawaii; and Wolcott United Methodist Church, Wolcott, Vermont.
Following is additional information pertainig to General Conference legislation news from GCAH:
- For the original 2020 Report of GCAH (written in 2019) see ADCA, Vol 2, Section 2, p. 842
- For the updated 2020 Report of GCAH (written in 2023), see ADCA, Vol. 3, p. 1582
- For the original 2020 Report of the AAMHC (written in 2019), see ADCA, Vol 2, Section 2, p. 844
- For the updated 2020 Report of the AAMHC (written in 2023) see ADCA, Vol. 3, p. 1583
- For the updated legislation on disaffiliating church records see Petition 21091-IC, ADCA, Vol. 3, p. 1597 (to replace original legislation ADCA Vol 2 Sec 2, petition 2033-IC, p. 859)
- For the updated list of Heritage Landmarks, see Petition 21073-IC, ADCA, Vol. 3, p. 1597 (to replace original legislation ADCA Vol 2 Sec 2, petition 20335-IC, p. 865)
- Other GCAH legislation can be found in ADCA, Vol. 2, Sec 2: petition 20415-LC, p. 945; petition 20333-IC, p. 859; petition 20336-IC, p. 865
- GCAH does NOT AFFIRM petition 20677-IC, p. 859 as this would be detrimental to the ministry of GCAH