Conferences in Methodism

The following is a list of the conferences in many Methodist Churches, such as The United Methodist Church and Evangelical Wesleyan Church.

Conferences

There are several kinds of conferences in Methodism:

• General Conference is the highest deliberative body for the United Methodist Church, the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church, among others. ^[1]
• Jurisdictional Conferences in the U.S.; and
• Central Conferences outside the U.S. elect and assign bishops in their region and comprise
• Annual Conferences, the basic organizational unit in the denomination.
• District Conference, Annual conferences are further divided into districts, each served by a district superintendent.
• Charge Conference, a charge is one or more churches served by a minister under appointment by the bishop.

References

1. The Discipline of the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (Original Allegheny Conference). Salem: Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection. 2014. p. 26.

External links

• McCracken, Sky (19 July 2006). "The Future of Episcopacy in the UMC – Part 2". Context for Jurisdictions versus Conferences. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023.