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.
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References
  1. The Discipline of the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection (Original Allegheny Conference). Salem: Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection. 2014. p. 26.
  • Context for Jurisdictions versus Conferences


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