General Conference 2004

Rocky Mountain Conference News and Resources

Day 12

Special General Conference Report for Friday, May 7 from the RMC Delegation

There have been an amazing number of news stories [UMNS] over the last 24 hrs, most related to the church splitting and comments made by persons who are not a part of the General Conference. This morning, the body voted to allow these persons to speak, and explain, from their perspective, what has happened over the last week relating to the Untied Methodist Church and a possible "amicable separation".

After the explanation of how things escalated to the points they did, a resolution was brought to the body. Not by those who sought schism, but by those who desired UNITY. Delegates of every jurisdiction and a central conference brought forth a Resolution on Church Unity.

As United Methodists
		we remain in covenant with one another,
		even in the midst of disagreement,
		and reaffirm our commitment to work together,
		for our common mission
		of making disciples of Jesus Christ
		throughout the world.

This resolution passed with over 95% approval of the General Conference. This resolution was and is intended to send a STRONG MESSAGE OF UNITY to our members, and to the world that the United Methodist Church is not separating and we are one as "the people known as Methodists".

In Christ's Service,
Bradley Laurvick
for: Dan O'Neill, Janet Forbes, Charles Schuster, Judy Hill, Olon Lindemood, Liwliwa Robledo, Youngsook Kang, Aaron Gray, Peggy Sewell, Paul Kottke, Sarah Babb

General Conference links:

*Please note: people have been experiencing access problems with the GC site and related pages, due to the high volume of traffic they are receiving.  Don't be afraid to try again later!* You can also try some of the General Church agency web sites below, or the unofficial ones listed on the main RMCUMC GC2004 page.

• General Conference 2004 Web site
• General Board of Global Ministries GC2004 site
• General Board of Church and Society
• General Board of Discipleship
• General Board of Pension and Health Benefits GC2004 Information
• General Council on Finance and Administration

Please keep the Rocky Mountain Conference Delegates in prayer: Janet Forbes, Youngsook Kang, Olon Lindemood, Chuck Schuster, Aaron Gray, Judy Hill, Brad Laurvick, Dan O'Neill, Liwliwa Robledo, and Peggy Sewell.