Special Session—August 2023Special Session 2023
Special Session, 2023
Bishop Lanette Plambeck called a Special Session of the Dakotas Annual Conference for August 15, 2023.
After consultation with the Dakotas Appointive Cabinet, I am asking us to gather in accordance with our standing rules ¶ 603.5 of the Book of Discipline; I hereby call for a special session of the Dakotas Annual Conference for August 15, 2023, beginning at 7:00 p.m. central time and 6:00 p.m. mountain time. This will be the final called conference for disaffiliation in 2023.
The Special Session was conducted virtually via Zoom webinar. They recorded session can be viewed here.
The agenda included one business item: consideration of resolutions ratifying the disaffiliation of local churches from The United Methodist Church per the provisions of ¶2553. Contact your district superintendent for more information about the disaffiliation process.
A Special Session Conference Workbook was published online.
A Pre-Conference webinars was held online August 8, 2023. View thr recorded webinar.
