At the Africa Initiative “Prayer and Leadership Summit” in Nairobi, Kenya, three United Methodist bishops, Bishop Quire, Jr., of Liberia, Bishop Kasap, of South Congo, and Bishop Yohanna, of Nigeria, affirmed their conferences will wait till General Conference 2024 before joining any new denomination(s).
They are attending the Prayer and Leadership Summit along with GMC/WCA leaders from the US: Keith Boyette, Tom Lambrecht, Jeff Jernigan. The theme of the Summit is “Envisioning the Next Methodism in Africa.”