1953
General Convention approves dialogue with the Methodist Church, meets from 1953-1961
1968
United Methodist Church formed
1988
General Convention commends United Methodist document on nuclear weapons
1996
International Anglican-Methodist Dialogue releases “Sharing in the Apostolic Communion,” affirmed by General Convention in 2006
1996
United Methodist document on Baptism, By Water and the Spirit, affirmed by General Convention 2006
1998
Lambeth Conference commends “Sharing in the Apostolic Communion” and encourages provinces to engage in dialogue with Methodists.
2000
General Convention endorses dialogue with the United Methodist Church
2002
Covenant between the Church of Ireland and the Methodist Church in Ireland
2002
United Methodist-Episcopal Church Dialogue begins meeting
2003
Covenant between the Methodist Church in Britain and the Church of England
2004
United Methodist document on the Eucharist, This Holy Mystery, affirmed by General Convention 2006
2005
Interim Eucharistic Sharing approved by United Methodist Council of Bishops, accepted by General Convention 2006
2006
General Convention resolution to “Continue Dialogue with the United Methodist Church”.
2007
Dialogue releases congregational study guide, Make Us One with Christ
2008
Anglican-Methodist covenant in New Zealand
2010
Dialogue adopts “A Theological Foundation for Full Communion between The Episcopal Church and The United Methodist Church”
2014
“That They May Be One? The Episcopal-United Methodist Dialogue” published
2015
General Convention affirms ongoing “dialogue toward full communion with the United Methodist Church”
2017
Dialogue releases full communion proposal, A Gift to the World: Co-Laborers in the Healing of Brokenness
2018
79th General Convention, Austin, Texas
2020
United Methodist General Conference, Minneapolis
2022
80th General Convention
Compiled by Richard Mammana with assistance from Tom Ferguson, May 2017; updated February 2021
