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Unification

• Plan of Union — Unification with the South Georgia ConferenceCommon Table · NG Resolution #1

  The headline business of the session. After eighteen months of study by the Connectional Table, North Georgia is asked to adopt the Plan of Union that would merge the North and South Georgia Conferences into one new "Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church." South Georgia votes on the same plan at its own 2026 session; if both approve, the Southeastern Jurisdiction is entreated to call a special session in summer 2026 to realign the boundaries, after which a joint Unifying Conference would organize the new conference for operation in 2027.

• Joint Distributing Committee (Unification)Common Table · NG Resolution #2

  A companion to the Plan of Union. Under Book of Discipline ¶1507, when two annual conferences merge, each must elect a distributing committee of three members and three alternates to act jointly with the other conference's committee. North Georgia is asked to affirm the creation of this Joint Distributing Committee with South Georgia and to approve its nominees, who will allocate pension responsibility and equitably distribute permanent funds, pension assets, and other property and liabilities between the two conferences.

Elections

• Election of Delegates to the 2028 General & Jurisdictional ConferencesElections

  Reporting and balloting run throughout the session. The conference elects its clergy and lay delegates to the 2028 General Conference and Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. Balloting begins Thursday morning with a voting demonstration and continues across the sessions until the delegation is complete; Session Six on Friday evening is a voting session held only if balloting has not yet concluded. The newly elected delegation meets immediately after Saturday's adjournment.

Finance

• 2027 Conference Apportionment Budget208

  The Council on Finance and Administration (CFA) presents a North Georgia–only 2027 apportionment budget of $10,663,773 — an increase of $169,842, or 1.6%, over the 2026 budget. It is presented as a North Georgia–only budget because members vote on unification at the same session; if unification is approved, a new unified budget would be developed by both conferences' CF&A teams and brought to a joint special session later in 2026 for 2027.

• Equitable Compensation Guidelines & Minimum Compensation207

  The Commission on Equitable Compensation brings its guidelines and standards for pastoral support, including the conference minimum compensation, the accountable reimbursement plan, housing-allowance and parsonage standards, and the conference arrearage policy. The Equitable Compensation Fund undergirds the Discipline's guarantee of security of appointment — that every appointed pastor receives at least the conference-approved minimum.

Benefits

• Board of Pension & Health Benefits — 2026 Recommendations205 / 206

  The Conference Board of Pension and Health Benefits brings its 2026 recommendations and the Comprehensive Benefit Funding Plan for conference action, setting funding for clergy retirement (CRSP, MPP, pre-1982), the retiree Health Reimbursement Account, and disability benefits. The 2027 budget reflects "fully funded status" as of 12/31/2025 (unaudited) for these plans, with the per-retiree HRA benefit capped at $3,600/year.

• Rental/Housing Allowance Resolutions for 2027206.a

  A standard but required annual action. The conference designates an amount equal to 100% of the pension, severance, or disability payments received during January 1 – December 31, 2027 by each active, retired, terminated, or disabled clergyperson as a rental/housing allowance under Internal Revenue Code section 107. The actual amount a clergyperson may exclude from income remains limited by IRS rules.

Property

• Property ResolutionsTrustees / Floor

  Property resolutions are taken up in Friday's afternoon business session. These authorize the disposition (sale, transfer, or other handling) of real property of closed and discontinued churches, which under the Book of Discipline passes to the conference Board of Trustees. The specific properties are presented at the session. (The Board of Trustees' own written report states it has no matters before the conference for vote; the property resolutions are brought as floor business.)

Resolution

• Resolution on Voting Rights & Civic EngagementResolution

  A resolution responding to the U.S. Supreme Court's 6–3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais (April 29, 2026) and a called June 17, 2026 special session of the Georgia Legislature to redraw district maps. Grounded in the UMC Constitution (¶5), the Social Principles (¶¶162–163), and the prophets (Amos 5:24; Micah 6:8), and naming the Church's own history of racial exclusion, it calls North Georgia United Methodists to lament the decision, advocate for voting-rights justice, and use and protect the vote.

Governance

• 2026 Standing Rules800

  The Committee on Standing Rules presents the conference's own operating manual for adoption in the first business session, and brings revisions for the year. Among them: a Standing Rules Working Group recommendation that the leadership sections of the North Georgia Standing Rules be rewritten to refer readers to the Book of Discipline, in anticipation of harmonized Georgia Conference Standing Rules. Standing-rule changes require a two-thirds vote.

Nominations

• Committee on Nominations Report700

  The Committee on Nominations presents its slate of nominees to fill the conference's elected boards, commissions, and teams — presented for information on Thursday and brought to a vote on Saturday. The Discipline asks the committee to work toward inclusiveness across clergy and laity, gender, age, district, and racial and ethnic representation.

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