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Pre-Conference gatherings will have more information and opportunities for more discussion. We anticipate specific legislation related to this development at this year’s Annual Conference.” Leadership groups such as the Conference Council of Finance and Administration (CCFA), Sessions, and Common Table, will have to wrestle with some specifics and share information accordingly. In preparation for appointments, Annual Conference, and other matters, the Dakotas Conference Cabinet said, “We’ve been preparing for a variety of scenarios related to appointments and always take into consideration the best fit of pastors and churches. The budget, fixing of clergy appointments, nominations, proposed resolutions, and petitions-including separations and disaffiliations of congregations, are part of the business meeting agenda at the Annual Conference. Plans are underway for the 2022 Dakotas Annual Conference in Bismarck, North Dakota. With the official formation of the Global Methodist Church on May 1, 2022, the reality of separation has come to us sooner than we had been planning.” Kris Mutzenberger, Bob Ruedebusch, Rebecca Trefz, and Joel Winckler stated, “At this point, we are discussing and researching best ways forward for the churches and pastors of our Conference. Meeting together, the members of the Cabinet, who include Revs. The Dakotas Conference Cabinet is discussing and researching the best ways forward. What does this mean for churches and individuals throughout the Dakotas Conference?

The Wesley Covenant Association has announced the Global United Methodist Church launch on May 1, 2022. Meanwhile, leaders of a planned new theologically conservative denomination announced that they are moving up the launch date without waiting for General Conference to act. While unfortunate, it is hardly surprising given the uneven distribution of vaccines around the world, the inability of many elected delegates to receive visas to enter the United States, and the current state of world affairs.” Read Bishop Laurie’s complete statement here. Many emotions and thoughts are swirling at the announcement that the twice-postponed General Conference must wait until 2024.īishop Laurie Haller, who serves as the interim bishop to the Dakotas Conference, wrote this in a statement to the Dakotas Conference, “This is a decision that will be disappointing to everyone.

On March 3, 2022, the Commission on the General Conference announced that General Conference 2020 would be further postponed to 2024.