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The General Conference is
the supreme body of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. It
is composed of the Bishops, as ex-officio presidents, according
to thrank of electioin, and an equal number of ministerial and
lay delegates, elected by each of the Annual Conferences and the
Lay Electoral Colleges of the Annual Conferences.
The General
Conference meets every four years for the express purpose of
electing bishops and other officials of the Church.
The first
organizational convention of the church was held April 1816 In
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The number
of session of the General Conference held after the
organizational convention , by the African Methodist Episcopal
Church are as follows:
| First |
July
1820 |
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
| Second |
May
1824 |
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
| Third |
May
1828 |
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
| Fourth |
May
1832 |
Baltimore,
Maryland |
| Fifth |
May
1836 |
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
| Sixth |
May
1840 |
Baltimore,
Maryland |
| Seventh |
May
1844 |
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania |
| Eighth |
May
1848 |
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania |
| Ninth |
May
1852 |
New
York, New York |
| Tenth |
May
1856 |
Cincinnati,
Ohio |
| Eleventh |
May
1860 |
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania |
| Twelfth |
May
1864 |
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
| Thirteenth |
May
1868 |
Washington,
D.C. |
| Fourteenth |
May
1872 |
Nashville,
Tennessee |
| Fifteenth |
May
1876 |
Atlanta,
Georgia |
| Sixteenth |
May
1880 |
St.
Louis, Missouri |
| Seventeenth |
May
1884 |
Baltimore,
Maryland |
| Eighteenth |
May
1888 |
Indianapolis,
Indiana |
| Nineteenth |
May
1892 |
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
| Twentieth |
May
1896 |
Wilmington,
North Carolina |
| Twenty-First |
May
1900 |
Columbus,
Ohio |
| Twenty-Second |
May
1904 |
Chicago,
Illinois |
| Twenty-Third |
May
1908 |
Norfolk,
Virginia |
| Twenty-Fourth |
May
1912 |
Kansas
City, Missouri |
| Twenty-Fifth |
May
1916 |
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
| Twenty-Sixth |
May
1920 |
St.
Louis, Missouri |
| Twenty-Seventh |
May
1924 |
Louisville,
Kentucky |
| Twenty-Eighth |
May
1928 |
Chicago,
Illinois |
| Twenty-Nine |
May
1932 |
Cleveland,
Ohio |
| Thirtieth |
May
1936 |
New
York, New York |
| Thirty-First |
May
1940 |
Detroit,
Michigan |
| Thirty-Second |
May
1944 |
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
| Thirty-Third |
May
1948 |
Kansas
City, Kansas |
| Thirty-Fourth |
May
1952 |
Chicago,
Illinois |
| Thirty-Fifth |
May
1956 |
Miami,
Florida |
| Thirty-Sixth |
May
1960 |
Los
Angeles, California |
| Thirty-Seventh |
July
1964 |
Cincinnati,
Ohio |
| Thirty-Eighth |
July
1968 |
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania |
| Thirty-Ninth |
July
1972 |
Dallas,
Texas |
| Fortieth |
July
1976 |
Atlanta,
Georgia |
| Forty-First |
July
1980 |
New
Orleans, Louisiana |
| Forty-Second |
July
1984 |
Kansas
City, Missouri |
| Forty-Third |
July
1988 |
Fort
Worth, Texas |
| Forty-Fourth |
July
1992 |
Orlando,
Florida |
| Forty-Fifth |
July
1996 |
Louisville,
Kentucky |
| Forty-Sixth |
July
2000 |
Cincinnati,
Ohio |
| Forty-Seventh |
July
2004 |
Indianapolis,
Indiana |
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