General
Conference
About General Conference 2008
General
Conference is the top policy-making body of The
United Methodist Church. Church law provides for
a maximum of 1,000 delegates-half clergy, half
lay. Each annual conference must have at least
one delegate from each order. Beyond that, a
conference's representation is based the number
of lay members and clergy members in the
conference.
The conference
revises The Book of Discipline (book of
church law) and Social Principles and adopts
resolutions on current moral, social, public
policy and economic issues. It also approves
plans and budgets for churchwide programs for
the next four years.
The 2008 General
Conference will be held April 23 - May 2, 2008
in Fort Worth, Texas. Representing East Ohio
Conference will be:
