"We hope interested, eligible laity will make themselves available to serve on the delegation!" —Nate Abrams, Conference Lay Leader

Members of the 2024 North Georgia Annual Conference will elect lay delegates to the July 2024 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. We encourage lay people who are eligible, interested, and available to become a formal candidate. 

Information from the Board of Laity is available and the interest form is now open at www.ngumc.org/LayCandidate2024.

The candidate form will be available for submission through Saturday, May 18, 2024. 

Who is currently on the delegation?
Laity and clergy who were elected in 2019 and who remain part of the North Georgia Conference continue to serve on the delegation. (Find the names of those serving on our Delegation at www.ngumc.org/delegation.) While the clergy delegation has had vacancies, those have been filled by alternate clergy delegates. There is not a need for clergy elections in June.

The Board of Laity is preparing to fill 12 vacancies, as well as elect alternates.

Am I eligible?
Eligibility to serve on the delegation is set by the Book of Discipline:

“The lay delegates to the General and Jurisdictional or central conferences shall be elected by the lay members of the annual conference or provisional annual conference without regard to age, provided such delegates shall have been professing members of The United Methodist Church for at least two years next preceding their election, and shall have been active participants in The United Methodist Church for at least four years next preceding their election, and are members thereof within the annual conference electing them at the time of holding the General and Jurisdictional or Central Conferences.”

- Paragraph 36, Article V, 2016 Book of Discipline

When and where would I serve?
The 2024 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference will meet July 10-13, 2024, at Lake Junaluska in North Carolina.

The purpose of the Jurisdictional Conference is to coordinate the connected ministry and mission of this region and to elect and assign bishops for leadership in the church.

In total, the North Georgia Conference is allowed 22 clergy and 22 lay delegates to the Jurisdictional Conference. Alternate clergy and lay delegates to the Jurisdictional Conference also serve on the delegation. 

How do I become a candidate?
The candidate form is open from April 15 to May 18 at www.ngumc.org/LayCandidate2024.