Meeting Minutes List

List of Services

• Conferences Commission – 2025-11-06 Items discussed were: new annual conferences, TCATs, and designation of mission areas.
  Regular Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Conferences Commission – 2025-11-06
• Finance, Admin, Pensions & Benefits Commission – 2025-11-20 October financials report and 2026 budget status. Fund designations, naming of, and policy needs discussed.
  Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Finance, Admin, Pensions & Benefits Commission – 2025-11-20
• Finance, Admin, Pensions & Benefits Commission – 2025-12-04 Financial policies discussion and status of 2026 budget reported.
  Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Finance, Admin, Pensions & Benefits Commission – 2025-12-04
• Kingdom Advancement Commission – 2025-10-02 The Kingdom Advancement Commission met via Zoom on October 02, 2025 to receive quarterly updates from its executive, missions mobilization, church multiplication, and disaster response teams and to determine key next steps including 2026 priorities and strategies, strengthening communication and coordination across conferences, advancing global partnerships, and preparing for its 2026 in-person meeting.
  Minutes from Kingdom Advancement Commission, 02 October 2025 – Meeting Minutes Kingdom Advancement Commission – 2025-10-02
• Discipleship, Doctrine & Just Ministry – 2025-08-26 These minutes reflect our regular meeting, including a continued discussion on a statement of faith and teaching topics.
  August Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Discipleship, Doctrine & Just Ministry – 2025-08-26
• Finance, Admin, Pensions & Benefits Commission – 2025-12-18 November financial overview and 2026 budget status update. Funding requests and in person meeting update.
  Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Finance, Admin, Pensions & Benefits Commission – 2025-12-18
• General Conference Commission – 2025-12-02 The General Conference Commission continues to plan for GC'26. These minutes include edits to the Plan of Organization.
  Regular Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes General Conference Commission – 2025-12-02
• General Conference Commission – 2025-12-16 Ongoing discussions and planning for General Conference, 2026.
  Regular Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes General Conference Commission – 2025-12-16
• Ministry & Higher Ed Commission – 2026-01-05 The commissions discussed development of a policy and procedures for distribution of the Ministerial Training Fund. The subcommittees had minimual updates and we anticipate robust reports from them in February.
  Regular Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Ministry & Higher Ed Commission – 2026-01-05
• Conferences Commission – 2025-12-04 Public Conferences Commission Meeting Minutes of December 4, 2025
  Regular Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Conferences Commission – 2025-12-04
• General Conference Commission – 2026-01-13 Continuing on specific plans for General Conference - budget requests, worship speakers, petition portal, VISA update
  Regular Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes General Conference Commission – 2026-01-13
• Discipleship, Doctrine & Just Ministry – 2025-11-18 These are the minutes from our November meeting, giving an update on the articles of faith, our collaboration with the Kingdom Advancement Commission, and our ordination task force.
  Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Discipleship, Doctrine & Just Ministry – 2025-11-18
• Ministry & Higher Ed Commission – 2026-01-19 These are the approved minutes from our January 19, 2026 meeting.
  Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Ministry & Higher Ed Commission – 2026-01-19
• Ecumenical Relationships Commission – 2025-11-11 The commission approved a major curriculum development project. Rather than focusing on denominational covenants, the GMC will support grassroots partnerships between local churches.
  Regular Monthly Minutes – Meeting Minutes Ecumenical Relationships Commission – 2025-11-11
• Finance, Admin, Pensions & Benefits Commission – 2026-01-23 January in person gathering in The Woodlands, Texas with proposed 2026 Budget recommendation to Connectional Council.
  Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Finance, Admin, Pensions & Benefits Commission – 2026-01-23
• General Conference Commission – 2026-01-27 Proposed Delegate Allocation Numbers, volunteer update, many moving parts!
  Regular Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes General Conference Commission – 2026-01-27
• Ministry & Higher Ed Commission – 2026-02-02 These are the approved minutes from our February 2, 2026 meeting.
  Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Ministry & Higher Ed Commission – 2026-02-02
• Ecumenical Relationships Commission – 2026-01-20 The ERC met on 1/20/26 and had reports on the budget, the prayer initiative, the curriculum project,revision of the ERC in the BoDD, Connectional updates, 2nd terms of service, and 250 year celebration of Methodism.
  Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Ecumenical Relationships Commission – 2026-01-20
• Connectional Council – 2026-02-05 February Zoom meeting continued discussions regarding contractor policy development and the movement of GuideStone pension plan from investor class to institutional class.
  Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Connectional Council – 2026-02-05
• General Conference Commission – 2026-02-10 Delegate allocation approval, for profit exhibitor request, volunteer and registration update
  Regular Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes General Conference Commission – 2026-02-10
• Ministry & Higher Ed Commission – 2026-02-16 These are the approved minutes from 2/16/2026
  Meeting Minutes – Meeting Minutes Ministry & Higher Ed Commission – 2026-02-16