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General Conference 2004

The United Methodist Church’s top legislative body, the General Conference, gathered April 27-May 7, 2004 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Nearly 1,000 delegates from around the world set policy and direction for the church.
The Rev. William Hinson (right), president of the Confessing Movement, and the Rev. Bruce Robbins, former top staff executive of the United Methodist Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, discuss an anonymously written statement that was circulated at General Conference regarding a possible study on schism. The statement, written as the draft of a resolution, was not presented to the conference and never came up for vote. A UMNS photo by Mike DuBose.

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