Umc General Conference 2025 News Conference. Meeting at their worldwide general conference in charlotte, n.c., united methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly to allow lgbtq clergy and for methodist ministers to officiate. Bishop karen oliveto, the umc's first openly gay bishop, preaches during the 2025 united methodist general conference in charlotte, n.c.
The general conference removed prohibitions against lgbtq+ ordination and weddings, and replaced language in the umc revised social principles that previously said. The umc general conference issued a formal public apology to native hawaiians for the church’s complicity in the illegal overthrow of the hawaiian monarchy in 1893,” said the resolution.