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Episcopal and Conference Office:

303 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 2020, Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 346-9766; fax: (312) 214-9031

REPORTERS: Please contact Victoria Rebeck, director of communications, at (312) 346-9766, ext. 766. This number will ring her cell phone. You may also contact her by email.

All others: Please fill out the form below to email the Northern Illinois Conference of The United Methodist Church.

News & Announcements

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General Conference 2020 (2024) Updates

The UMC General Conference (postponed from 2020) came to order on the morning of April 23. Follow daily reports focusing on topics of interest to Northern Illinois Conference readers.

Northern Illinois United Methodists Working and Helping at General Conference

General Conference takes thousands of people to help the event run smoothly and do its work. United Methodists from across Northern Illinois partici…

Rev. Christian Coon is Named Director of Congregational Development

Bishop Dan Schwerin has appointed Rev. Christian Coon as Northern Illinois Conference Director of Congregational Development, effective July 1. Rev. Coon will…

40-year ban on gay clergy struck down

Without debate, General Conference removed the UMC’s ban on the ordination of clergy who are “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” —a prohibition that dates to 1984.