Umc General Conference 2024 Dates. On thursday, april 25, a day bishop thomas bickerton called “an historic day,” the general conference delegates voted 586 to 164 for an amendment to the denomination’s constitution that will now go before annual conference voters. Stay up to date with the latest news, decisions and celebrations from this global gathering.

Gary graves, general conference secretary, referred to it as “the multipurpose 2020 and 2024” meeting — delegates set the budget that will fund the ministries of the denomination for the next four years, a budget significantly lower than the one it set in. Organizers say general conference must be postponed because of visa wait times of up to two years.