From the Beginning
- September 2017: Alignment Conversation
- November 2017: Potential Unification Conversation
- March 2018: Annual Conference Resolution Discussion
- June 2018: Exploratory vote affirmed at both Annual Conferences
- August 2018: Advisory Group Meets
- September 2018: Benefits Task Team
- October 2018: Funding Task Team
- December 2018: Advisory Group Meets
- February 2019: Expanded Advisory Team
- June 2019: Vote to unify and create a new conference affirmed at both Annual Conferences
- July 2019: Guide Team Created
- Task List Begins to be Form
- August 2019: Additional Task Teams Formed
- September 2019: Guide Team Meets
- October 2019: Deadline for Submitting Name Entries for New Conference
- Chancellors Meet to Consider Legal Needs related to forming New Conference
- November 4, 2019: Structure Team Meets
- Young People, Next Gen, Youth Conversation Group Meets
- November 19, 2019: Communications Team
- December 1, 2019: Name for New Conference Announced
- Jan-Sept 2020 Task Groups Meeting
- Joint hybrid budgeting process Health Insurance Plan confirmed
- Nominations for working toward a new conference structure Adjustments for COVID-19 (General and Jurisdictional Conf postponed)
- September 2020 Annual Conferences in Legacy conferences
- Adopting work areas of alignment Oct/Nov 2020 Enrollment in Health Insurance plan
- January 1, 2021 Begin living into areas of alignment and new conference structure June 2021 Historic last annual conference in each legacy conference
- August 2021 General Conference
- November 2021 SEJ vote to approve New Annual Conference
- December 2021 Organizational Meeting of New Annual Conference
- January 1, 2022 Official beginning of Tennessee Western Kentucky Conference
Previously Scheduled Dates
- May 2020: General Conference
- June 2020: Historic Celebration at both Annual Conferences
- Potential resolutions presented at both Annual Conferences
- (Chancellors reviewing Book of Discipline and Corporate Requirements; Draft resolution(s) to be available prior to pre-conference briefings.)
- July 2020: SEJ vote to approve New Annual Conference
- Summer/Early Fall 2020: Health Insurance Plan confirmed
- August/October 2020: Organizational Meeting of New Annual Conference
- October/November 2020: Enrollment in Health Insurance plan
- January 1, 2021: New Conference Operations Commence
