The General Conference brings together lay and clergy delegates from every annual conference in The United Methodist Church. In 2024, just over 44%, nearly half, of the total number of delegates elected were from outside the United States. However, there is always a substantial number of petitions and other business items brought to the General Conference that relate solely to the United States.
For example, discussion of proposed changes to the retirement plans for United Methodists serving local churches in the United States took up a considerable amount of time in the legislative committee on financial administration, followed by 45 minutes of plenary time to present the plan and an additional 40 minutes of floor debate in another plenary session before a vote was taken to approve the plan. While central conference delegates had vote on this matter in both the legislative groups and in the plenary sessions, they had no stake in it. It did not affect them at all.
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