United Methodist leaders are bringing legislative proposals before the General Conference to create new regional conferences that will each have equal power to pass legislation within their prospective regions.

The Postponed 2020 General Conference voted to add the words "gender" and "ability" to Paragraph 4, Article 4 of The United Methodist Church's Constitution. This historic vote now needs to be ratified by all the annual conferences across the worldwide connection.

Recent proposed changes to Article V of the UMC Constitution have strengthened this commitment by explicitly recognizing the church's role in combating racism, racial inequity, colonialism, white privilege, and white supremacy.