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United Methodist annual conference special sessions in 2023

A number of U.S. annual conferences are scheduling special sessions in 2023 to deal mainly with church disaffiliations. The sessions do not replace regular annual conference sessions held in the late spring and summer.

The Book of Discipline’s Paragraph 2553 allows churches to leave The United Methodist Church with property if they meet certain financial and procedural requirements, including at least a two-thirds vote by the congregation and approval of the disaffiliation agreement by the congregation’s annual conference. The provision expires at the end of 2023.

Special sessions listed in order of when they are scheduled to occur:. 

This list will be updated as more sessions are announced.

To give churches more time to pray, discern and decide, some conferences will allow churches to leave with property next year under the Discipline's Paragraph 2549, which is usually used for church closures. South Georgia Conference has scheduled a special session on Aug. 17, 2024, under this policy. 

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