Conferences in Methodism explained

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.

External links

• Context for Jurisdictions versus Conferences http://revdsky.blogspot.com/2006/07/future-of-episcopacy-in-umc-part-2.html

Notes and References

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