Originally scheduled for May 5-15, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, General Conference has been rescheduled for Aug. 29-Sept. 7, 2022. For more information, visit UMCGC.org.
May 26, 2021 -- The purpose is to vote on a resolution from the Tennessee and Memphis conferences to unite to form the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference. The agenda also includes a report on pandemic response and anti-racism work.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 21, 2020) -- In the first large meeting organized by the unofficial group, UMCNext Holston, 103 United Methodists gathered in a downtown Knoxville church Feb. 15 to discuss and begin planning for a “more inclusive” future for ...
January 30, 2020 Leaders of 14 delegations representing annual conferences of the Southeastern Jurisdiction announced today their affirmation for a recently proposed separation plan for the future of The United Methodist Church. The plan is entitled...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Jan. 23, 2020) – Five Holston Conference delegates are in Nashville this week, joining other delegates from across the denomination as they prepare for a pivotal meeting this spring. Held every four years, Pre-General Conference ...
En español Jan. 16, 2020 Last year, the Rev. Jerry Russell decided he no longer wanted to be a General Conference delegate. He has been elected many times to represent Holston Conference and to make decisions, along with other leaders, for The ...
Jan. 8, 2020 Leaders and pastors throughout Holston Conference scrambled over the last week to respond to a proposed separation plan for the denomination, released Jan. 3 by a high-profile coalition representing diverse interest groups. “Protocol ...
January 4, 2020 The Holston Conference delegation to General Conference 2020 has issued the following letter in response to the document Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation. Dear Members and Friends of the Holston Conference, ...
November 13, 2020 Saturday, Nov. 9, was a news-making kind of day, as Holston church members with opposing designs and hopes for the denomination’s future gathered at two separate events. The first was the Wesleyan Covenant Association’s “Global ...
The Holston Conference delegation met Nov. 9 to continue its work of preparing for General Conference in May 2020 and Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in July 2020. The primary work of delegates to Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference is the...
Sept. 26, 2019 Over two weekends in September, two groups of Holston United Methodists met separately to prepare for dramatic changes in the denomination that may result during General Conference 2020 next May. On Sept. 15, about 50 people gathered...
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (Sept. 19, 2019) -- At her first annual meeting as president of the Holston Conference United Methodist Women, Carolyn Haerr addressed a concern she knew was shared by many in her audience. “Even though some of our churches may ...
LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (June 12, 2109) -- The Holston Annual Conference completed its election for conferences in 2020 tonight at 7:30 p.m. In order of election, General Conference delegates are: Emily Ballard Rev. Kim Goddard Del Holley Rev. Wil ...