IAEA 58th General Conference. Plenary, IAEA, Vienna, Austria. 22 September 2014

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Annual Council 2019

Ted N. C. Wilson, President, General Conference (GC) demonstrates the voting cards during the Annual Council 2019 in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America.

(Photo: Brent Hardinge / GC Communication)

Delegates to the United Methodist 2016 General in Portland, Ore., register on opening day, May 10. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

The Rev. Debra Tyree and members of the Worship in Motion ensemble participate in the May 14 morning worship service at the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Brafield, UMNS.

Annual Council 2019

At the close of his talk “Not for Sale”, G. T. Ng, Executive Secretary, General Conference (GC), invited elected delegates to commit to working with the results of the elections during the Annual Council 2019 in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America.

(Photo: Brent Hardinge / GC Communication)

The 61st General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, America’s Center Convention Complex, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, June 6-11, 2022.

Cameradate: Saturday, June 11, 2022 16:42.

The Rev. R. DeAndre Johnson, a member of the worhip team, sings at the May 14 morning worship service at the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

Members of the Worship in Motion dance ensemble process during the May 14 worship service at the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. The group is from Federal Way United Methodist Church in Auburn, Washington. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

Members of the Tamba Marimba Ensemble perform prior to the May 14 morning worship at the United Methodist 2016 General Conferene in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Badfield, UMNS.

Members of the Worship in Motion dance ensemble process during the May 14 worship service at the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. The group is from Federal Way United Methodist Church in Auburn, Washington. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

Members of the Delegation of the Philippines to the 57th IAEA General Conference headed by Mr. Mario G. Montejo, Philippine Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, and Ms. Alumanda Dela Rosa, Director, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute pose for a photo during a tour of the Nuclear Sciences and Applications Laboratories in Seibersdorf. IAEA Seibersdorf, Austria. 17 September 2013.

Photo Credit: Qionghua Wu / IAEA

IAEA 58th General Conference Closing Session. Plenary, M-Building, Vienna, Austria. 26 September 2014

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

A members of the Tamba Marimba Ensemble performs prior to the May 14 morning worship at the United Methodist 2016 General Conferene in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Badfield, UMNS.

Bishop Peggy A. Johnson (left) interprets Bishop Gregory V. Palmer's episcopal address into American Sign Language at the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS

Reception on the occasion of the 58th General Conference hosted by Mr Aliyar Lebbe Abdul Azeez of Sri Lanka as President of the 58th IAEA General Conference and IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano. Vienna, Austria. 22 September 2014.

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar of the Boston Episopal Area, preaches at the May 14 worship service at the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

Delegates take a moment to pray during the May 12 debate on Rule 44 at the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS..

Bishop Hope Morgan Ward of the North Carolina Conference presides over a session of the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS

Emanuel Cleavor, a delegate from the Missouri Conference, speaks during the debate on a February 26, 2019, vote to strengthen denominational policies about homosexuality. The vote came on the last day of a Special Session of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church, held in St. Louis, Missouri. Delegates voted to approve the Traditional Plan, which strengthens penalties for LGBTQIA clergy and prohibits same sex weddings. Photo by Paul Jeffrey, UMNS.

IAEA 58th General Conference Closing Session. Plenary, M-Building, Vienna, Austria. 26 September 2014

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

A UMW member is a delegate to the Special Session of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church, held in St. Louis, Missouri. Photo by Paul Jeffrey

Susan Stouffer (left) and Jane Yin pray over the prayer beads they made May 12 during the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

Following a February 26, 2019, vote to strengthen church policies about homosexuality, Bishop Karen Oliveto speaks to delegates who in protest formed a large circle in the center of the plenary floor. The action came on the last day of a Special Session of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church, held in St. Louis, Missouri. Delegates voted to approve the Traditional Plan, which strengthens penalties for LGBTQIA clergy and prohibits same sex weddings. Photo by Paul Jeffrey, UMNS.

The Rev. Gere Reist, Secretary of the General Conference, speaks to delegates during the May 14 plenary session of the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

On 16 September 2013, Cuba and Malta deposited their respective instrument of ratification of the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) to IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, during a Treaty Event held in the margins of the 57th IAEA General Conference. On the same day, Malta additionally deposited its instrument of accession to the IAEA's Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. M-Building, IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria. 16 September 2013.

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

The Rev. Eunice Iliya, Southern Nigeria Conference, gives the thanksgiving at the May 14 worship service at the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

Sister bishops lay hands on and pray for North Carolina Bishop Hope Morgan Ward (center) after she finished presiding over a difficult session of the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The session, which considered the controversial "Rule 44" group discernment process was marked by much debate and confusion. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS

First day of the 57th IAEA General Conference. M-Building, IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria. 16 September 2013.

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Delegate Fred Brewington (at microphone) asks the 2016 United Methodist General Conference meeting in Portland, Ore., to apologize to fellow delegate Dorothee Benz (second from right) after she was ruled out of order while trying to speak about issues of human sexuality in an earlier session. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS

Megan Bartlett (left) and her sister, Hannah, read the scripture for the May 14 worship service at the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Megan and Hannah are the daughters of the Rev. Laura Jaquith Bartlett, Worship and Music Director, General Conference 2016. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

Volunteers make prayer beads May 12 during the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

Members of the Worship in Motion dance ensemble process during the May 14 worship service at the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. The group is from Federal Way United Methodist Church in Auburn, Washington. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

Mr. Alexander Bychkov, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Energy together with representatives of the European Nuclear Education Network Association at the Award Ceremony of the European Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering (EMSNE), a side event at the IAEA 57th General Conference. IAEA, Vienna, Austria. 19 September 2013.

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Members of the Worship in Motion dance ensemble process during the May 14 worship service at the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. The group is from Federal Way United Methodist Church in Auburn, Washington. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

General Debate at the IAEA 58th General Conference. Plenary, M-Building, Vienna, Austria. 25 September 2014.

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Holly Neal, lay leader of the Tennesse Conference, and Brian Hammons, lay leader of the Missouri Conference, speak at a May 13 press conference. Earlier that day they participated in the laity address to United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

Volunteers make prayer beads May 12 during the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

IAEA Marine Environmental Laboratory exhibit at the 55th General Conference. IAEA, Vienna, Austria. 23 September 2011

Copyright: IAEA Imagebank

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Members of the Tamba Marimba Ensemble perform prior to the May 14 morning worship at the United Methodist 2016 General Conferene in Portland, Ore. Photo by Maile Badfield, UMNS.

Bishop Frank de Nully Brown, leader of the Evangelical Methodist Church of Argentina, leads a prayer with representatives from affiliated and concordat churches visiting the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS

Bishop Hope Morgan Ward (right) presides over debate on "Rule 44," a process for small group discernment, at the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Assisting her is the Rev. L. Fitzgerald Reist, secretary of the General Conference. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS

Members of the Worship in Motion dance ensemble process during the May 14 worship service at the United Methodist 2016 General Conference in Portland, Ore. The group is from Federal Way United Methodist Church in Auburn, Washington. Photo by Maile Bradfield, UMNS.

Megan Bartlett (left) and her sister, Hannah, read the scripture lesson for the May 14 worship service at the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Megan--who was born with Down syndrome--and Hannah are the daughters of the Rev. Laura Jaquith Bartlett (right), worship and music director of the gathering. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS

IAEA 58th General Conference Closing Session. Plenary, M-Building, Vienna, Austria. 26 September 2014

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

Mr. Andrew Cannavan, Head of the Food and Environmental Protection Laboratory, tours H. E. Mr. Dikobe Ben Martins, Minister for Energy of South Africa and his delegation during visit to the Nuclear Sciences and Applications Laboratories in Seibersdorf at the 57th IAEA General Conference. IAEA Seibersdorf, Austria. 17 September 2013.

Photo Credit: Qionghua Wu / IAEA

Hannah Foust talks about her efforts to raise money for water wells in Burkina Faso during a report on the work of the Connectional Table at 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS

Ted Wilson, president of the Adventist World Church, speaks to the subject of women's ordination. 60th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in San Antonio, Texas. ©2015 North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Photo taken by Rohann Wellington/NAD

Supporters lay hands on Susan Laurie (kneeling) during an irregular ordination service on the first day of the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. Laurie, a lesbian, was ordained in an unauthorized service in the lobby of the Oregon Convention Center on May 10. The United Methodist Church prohibits the ordination of "self-avowed practicing homosexuals," but activists have for years demonstrated in favor of change at the quadrennial gathering of the world-wide denomination. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS

IAEA 58th General Conference Closing Session. Plenary, M-Building, Vienna, Austria. 26 September 2014

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA