General Conference

General Conference can refer to:

  • General Conference (United Nations), the recurring meetings of Member States for the specialized agencies of the United Nations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency and UNESCO.
  • General conference (Latter Day Saints), a meeting open to all members of a particular Latter Day Saint denomination.
    • General Conference (LDS Church), a semi-annual world conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held in April and October.
  • General Conference Mennonite Church, an association of Mennonite congregations based in North America from 1860 to 2002
  • General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, the world governing body of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
    • 1888 Minneapolis General Conference (Adventist), a particularly important meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in 1888
  • General conference (United Methodist Church), the denomination's top legislative body.

Famous quotes containing the words general and/or conference:

    “The following general definition of an animal: a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most suitable position for its shape and comfort.”
    —Denis Diderot (1713–1784)

    “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”
    —Francis Bacon (1561–1626)