In a second Laity Meet-Up Zoom gathering organized by the Alaska, Oregon-Idaho, and Pacific Northwest Conference Lay Leaders, a panel of speakers addressed the topic: \u201cHistory Was Made: Learn About the Recent General Conference.\u201d The panelists \u2013 Skylar Marston-Bihl, Jan Nelson, and Rev. Jim Doepken \u2013 were seated as delegates at General Conference from the three annual conferences in the Greater Northwest Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The panelists discussed important legislation addressed as the conference, specifically: removing restrictive language from the Book of Discipline, revising church structure, updating the Social Principles, and how the church has changed for the better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a second Laity Meet-Up Zoom gathering organized by the Alaska, Oregon-Idaho, and Pacific Northwest Conference Lay Leaders, a panel of speakers addressed the topic: \u201cHistory Was Made: Learn About the Recent General Conference.\u201d A recording of their conversation is now available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,19,100],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-conference","8":"category-greater-northwest-area","9":"category-laity","10":"post_format-post-format-video"},"yoast_head":"\n