The Council of
Bishops (COB) has amended its call for the Special Session of the
General Conference of The United Methodist Church (UMC) to be held
February 23-26, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, in response to
Judicial Council Decision 1360, which was handed down on May 25, 2018.
The amended call issued by COB President Kenneth H. Carter notes that “The
purpose of this Special Session of the General Conference shall be
limited to receiving and acting upon a report from the Commission on a
Way Forward based upon recommendations of the Council of the Bishops.”
In the original
call issued in April last year, the bishops stated that the purpose of
the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference is to be “limited to
receiving and acting on a report from the Council of Bishops based on
the recommendations of the Commission on a Way Forward.”
Bishop Carter
said the amended call in response to the Judicial Council decision is
made “out of a great sense of caution and the desire to help delegates
to the Special Session of General Conference 2019 do their best work.”
The amended call is consistent with the Council of Bishops’
collaboration with the Commission on a Way Forward over the past two
years, in response to the church’s request for leadership by the 2016
General Conference. Communication of the amended call is being shared by
the General Commission on the General Conference through the heads of
delegations and annual conference secretaries.
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