Meeting Minutes List

Describe the item or answer the question so that site visitors who are interested get more information. You can emphasiGeneral Conference Commission (GCC)
September 22, 2026
Voting Members Present: Shalom Azabe, Tim Beardsley, Mary Blagojevich, Beth Ann Cook, Elie Diko, César Gazza, Joy Griffin, Mike Grant, Tsvetan Iliev, Carol Loeb, James Kawadza, Chipau Audu Kilyobas, Bridget Kirk, Norma Morrison, Nicolas Munongo, Davies Musigo, Mack Parker, Bill Patrick, Charles Puno, Stacy Taylor, Molly Williams
Non-Voting Members Present: Laura Ballinger, Ginger Barbee, Rhonda Bourgeois, Dianne Burnett, Lamar Oliver, Becci Wood
Not Present: Sterling Allen, Jeff Greenway, Tom Lambrecht, Tesia Mallory, Mike Schafer, Jay Therrell
Opening Prayer: Mike Grant
• This meeting is for the purpose of answering the following questions: • What are you most proud of?
• What was the greatest success?
• What surprised you?
• What should GMC never change about GC26?
• Where did you see the Holy Spirit’s beauty evident in GC26?
Minutes: Motion by Carol, seconded by Bridget to approve minutes from in person August 28 meeting as put forward by Stacy, with input from notes from Norma and Lamar. Approved 15-0
Connectional Council Report, Mike Schafer:
• No report
Assembly of Bishops, Bishop Greenway:
• No report
Event Project Manager, Becci:
• Thankful for how the GMC staff stepped up to help, especially when the GCC members had delegate duty.
• Special thank you to Janice Conover, Gabe Wanck (volunteer Page) and Amrita from Conference Direct
• Wrap up meetings - SCC & hotels had very positive things to say about our group
Worship Team: (Comments from Mike, Tsvetan & Charles)
• Positives: Multicultural; different languages, building on the theme each day, variety of styles of music, old songs with a new twist; kept within the hour; communion every day; team each stayed in their roles; no egos on the stage
Translation/Interpretation, Bill:
• Miss you all!
• Amazing voices from this team on the worship team!
• Any KUDO feedback - please send to Bill
Missions, Tim:
• To God be the Glory!
• Fed over 800 persons, 150 health checks on Saturday
• Children’s Bible Camp: 800 kids
• 1000 hygienic kits and 500 women kits handed out
• Relationship building; healing
Housing/Logistics, James:
• Meeting everyone in person - the team effort
Legislative, Tom:
Petitions, Lamar:
• God moment when Bishop Khegay leaned over and translated Russian to English for Bishop Greenway.
• New delegates brought energy
• Articles of Faith adoption and hugs afterword by two persons on different “sides”
Agenda, Norma:
• Thankful we ended on time and finished the business
• Thankful to Becci for conversation about working late Friday night • Should have face to face meeting earlier than later
Finance, Molly:
• Relationships built - especially meeting non US persons when handing out per diem cards.
• Refunds we didn’t expect
• Keep in mind that travel may include ground transportation and hotels and airline tickets - this extra added up to around $50,000
• Should be $200,000 under budget on air travel
Exhibitors/Sponsors, Mack/Bridget:
• Worship service important to start the day
• Grateful for all those who helped with exhibitors
• Exhibitors were kind and helpful
• All spaces were filled!
• Thank you to Mack for organizing
• Exhibitors and sponsors want to see the GMC succeed
• Everyone was still smiling through it all - even to the end of the week.
Hospitality/Volunteers, Stacy:
• God was present even behind the scenes
• Volunteer application good - but need to add a few things for clarification (age, gender)
• Thankful for Chipau and his early morning airport runs
• Thankful for all volunteers!
International Relations, Elie:
• Getting everyone to Johannesburg was huge. Disappointed that Nicolas couldn’t make it, especially after he was instrumental in getting others there. • The team led from within
Credentialing/Registration, Carol:
• Flexibility was key!
• Registration by conference worked well; having many lines worked well • Recommend asking Sarah Carter and/or Lisa Beavers to be on the team for 2032
Communications, Dianne:
• Statistics:
• 14.2K streams of GC podcast episodes
• 55% average recap email open rate
• 70.1K YouTube video views (8/30-9/6)
• 1.02M Facebook views (8/30-9/6)
• 33K user visits to GC website
• 8 media placements
• Young adult involvement
Prayer, Laura:
• Glory to God!
• Thankful for prayer team offering pastoral care for those with medical issues and in the hospital
Additional Comments:
Beth Ann: relationship building with local churches; being “joyfully flexible” (quote Jay) Ginger: relationships and good conversations with employees at each hotel Chipau: Opportunity to speak to many and win souls
Mary: deep spiritual fulfillment;
Joy: Exodus - details on building the tabernacle, and then Moses did ALL and the glory of the Lord settled there
César: practicing English with Chipau
Davies: the celebration of Methodism
Nicolas: couldn’t attend because of VISA issue; helpful to Stacy via What’s App Tsvetan: team invested themselves more than 100%;
Shalom: thankful for his work with the Facebook page and listing prayer concerns
• Those on current GCC willing to be nominated for GC2032 commission: Bill, Tim, Chipau, Davies, Norma, Laura, Mary, César, Tsvetan, James
Next meeting: October 20, 2026. 9:00am via ZOOM. Please fill out the survey and be ready to discuss changes and suggestions for GC 2032.
Motion to adjourn Norma by seconded by Bridget. Approved 13-0 Meeting closed with prayer by Elie
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