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![Moved to Tears Moved to Tears](https://um-insight.net/downloads/15750/download/missionary.jpg?cb=49859ed5ab997944d4f33e9f2d8bef1f&w={width}&h={height})
Moved to Tears
Missionary S. Lee wipes away a tear after being commissioned to be a missionary during the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Thursday May 2, 2024. (Photo by Larry McCormack, UM News.)
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![Bishop Commisions Missionaries Bishop Commisions Missionaries](https://um-insight.net/downloads/15758/download/missionary%20commissioning.jpg?cb=2bc77ce3a27f783a6a8098c71b92fc56&w={width}&h={height})
Bishop Commisions Missionaries
Bishop Ruby-Nell M. Estrella commissions Eric Kalumba as a missionary during the May 2 morning worship of the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Assisting are Grace Choi and Roland Fernandes. (Photo by Paul Jeffrey/UM News)
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![Morning Presider Morning Presider](https://um-insight.net/downloads/15759/download/bish%20kennetha.jpg?cb=e2a1038814ffe0d4ddb2bd9c184e5e87&w={width}&h={height})
Morning Presider
Bishop Kennetha J. Bigham-Tsai presides during the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Thursday May 2, 2024. (Photo by Larry McCormack, UM News)
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![Communion Service Communion Service](https://um-insight.net/downloads/15756/download/dee%20bread.jpg?cb=b0a8023c79454937b24be76482471204&w={width}&h={height})
Communion Service
Bishop Delores J. Williamston, the bishop of Louisiana, breaks bread during a May 2 lunchtime communion service at the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. (Photo by Paul Jeffrey/UM News)
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![Anointing Anointing](https://um-insight.net/downloads/15760/download/anointing.jpg?cb=ecc388acd67335271452dc518a963167&w={width}&h={height})
Anointing
The Rev. John Cannon, a reserve clergy delegate from Louisiana, uses oil to anoint participants in a May 2 lunchtime communion service at the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. (Photo by Paul Jeffrey/UM News)
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![ASL interpretation ASL interpretation](https://um-insight.net/downloads/15752/download/ASL.jpg?cb=dcae54eda5f1f5ada9c016e595581897&w={width}&h={height})
ASL interpretation
Lara Wagner provides American Sign Language interpretation during General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. (Photo by Paul Jeffrey/UM News)
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![Marriage Revision Marriage Revision](https://um-insight.net/downloads/15755/download/marriage%20revision.jpg?cb=d86b7e9838fc1c6da6db8e434e78f08f&w={width}&h={height})
Marriage Revision
Bishop David Graves of the Alabama-West Florida Area presides over a debate about the United Methodist Church’s stance on marriage during the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Delegates affirmed “marriage as a sacred, lifelong covenant that brings two people of faith into union with one another and into deeper relationship with God and the religious community.” (Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News)
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![Debate over Marriage Debate over Marriage](https://um-insight.net/downloads/15751/download/jerry%20kulah.jpg?cb=b2f9a1191f288aa3d1191bd38f52ceb2&w={width}&h={height})
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Debate over Marriage
The Rev. Jerry Kulah, a clergy delegate from Liberia, holds up a Bible as he speaks on the floor of the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Kulah spoke in opposition to a revision of the denomination's Social Principles. The gathering approved the document with one minor revision on a definition of marriage. (Photo by Paul Jeffrey/UM News)
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![Celebration at General Conference Celebration at General Conference](https://um-insight.net/downloads/15753/download/RSP%20done.jpg?cb=5aa8893852c44ac0f3406a032e976998&w={width}&h={height})
Celebration at General Conference
The Rev. Kimberly Scott and others celebrate outside the Charlotte Convention Center on May 2 following a decision by the 2024 United Methodist General Conference to approve a revision of the denomination's Social Principles. The newly approved document eliminates a statement that the practice of homosexuality was incompatible with church teaching. (Photo by Paul Jeffrey/UM News)
New missionaries were commissioned and the final part of the Revised Social Principles was adopted by delegates on Day 9 of the United Methodist General Conference.