Keep General Conference In Your Prayers
We invite you to join us in praying for the General Conference of the United Methodist Church meeting April 23-May 3. This conference includes delegates from the worldwide church and meets to consider revisions to church law and to adopt resolutions on current moral, social, public policy, and economic issues. General Conference also approves plans and budgets for churchwide agencies and programs. You can find more info about what this conference will be discussing, including LGBTQ+ issues, by clicking here.
If you would like to follow along with what's happening at General Conference, you can find updates on the Florida Conference website. There is also a livestream available
As the conference meets, we hope you will join us in praying for God’s guidance to lead the conference and outcomes.
- Pray for the General Conference as a whole. Seek God’s grace and presence on the gathering so that the Conference may be faithful in guiding us into God’s preferred future for The United Methodist Church.
- Pray that the outcomes of the General Conference will be pleasing in God’s sight and that the people called United Methodist will be strengthened in our worship, work, and witness as a result. Ask God to renew and revive us for the time ahead.
If you’re not sure what to pray, here’s a sample prayer you can use to pray for God’s presence, for unity, clarity, purpose, boldness, and open hearts.
Almighty God, on the day of Pentecost, your Holy Spirit descended and gave voice and power to the church birthed by the suffering, death, and resurrection of your Son, Jesus Christ. Hear us as we pray for this part of your family, The United Methodist Church. Grace the General Conference with your presence and power. Where there is any dissension, bring unity; any confusion, clarity of mission; any fear, a holy boldness to seek and do your will. Bless and be with the delegates and all who are present, giving them strength of body and purpose, discerning spirits, and open hearts, that by their actions and decisions, the United Methodist movement may be renewed in our commitment to your mission of “making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” We pray this in the name of the Lord of the Church, the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
This prayer was written by Rev. Carl Frazier, NC Conference of The United Methodist Church