Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church
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The following is a list of the Annual Conference
Annual Conference
An Annual Conference in the United Methodist Church is a regional body that governs much of the life of the "Connectional Church." Annual conferences are composed primarily of the clergy members and a lay member or members from each charge . Each conference is a geographical division...

s of The United Methodist Church
United Methodist Church
The United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley...

 (including the current Resident Bishops in each Episcopal Areas).

Annual Conferences in the Jurisdiction Conference (Inside the U.S.)

The conferences are also be grouped into jurisdictions that appoint bishops for conferences within that jurisdiction. These jurisdictions are listed http://archives.umc.org/directory/umcusa.asp?mid=556&xmid=556&Action=Find+Regional+Offices
as follows: (http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?confMode=search&mid=461)
  • North Central Jurisdiction
  • Northeastern Jurisdiction
  • South Central Jurisdiction
  • Southeastern Jurisdiction
  • Western Jurisdiction

North Central Jurisdiction

According to the UMC website http://archives.umc.org/Directory/OneJurisdiction.asp?Jurisdiction=01&mid=556&SearchFor=A, the North Central Jurisdiction consists of the following Annual conferences:

Northeastern Jurisdiction

According to its website http://www.nejumc.org/, the Northeastern Jurisdiction consists of the following Annual conferences:

Southeastern Jurisdiction

According to its website, http://www.lakejunaluska.com/sejac/links.cfm?id=53 The Southeastern Jurisdiction consists of the following Annual Conferences:
  • Alabama - West Florida Annual Conference—Bishop Paul L. Leeland (Alabama West-Florida) http://www.awfumc.org/page.asp?PKValue=125
  • Florida Conference—Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker (Florida) http://www.flumc2.org/default.asp
  • Holston Conference—Bishop James E. Swanson, Sr. (TN) http://holstonconference.com/
  • Kentucky Conference—Bishop Lindsey Davis (Louisville) http://www.kyumc.org/
  • Memphis—Bishop Richard J. Wills, Jr. http://memphis-umc.org/ also Bishop of the Tennessee Conference.
  • Mississippi Annual Conference—Bishop Hope Morgan Ward (Mississippi)http://www.mississippi-umc.org/
  • North Alabama Conference—Bishop William H. Willimon (Birmingham) http://www.northalabamaumc.org/
  • North Carolina Conference -- Bishop Alfred W. Gwinn, Jr (Raleigh) http://www.nccumc.org
  • North Georgia Conference
    North Georgia Annual Conference
    The North Georgia Conference is an Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. This conference serves the northern half of the state of Georgia, with its administrative offices and the office of the bishop located in Norcross, GA. It is part of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. The...

     -- Bishop B. Michael Watson
    B. Michael Watson
    B. Michael Watson is a Bishop of The United Methodist Church, elected in 2000. He is currently Resident Bishop of the North Georgia Annual Conference, which comprises 1,000 churches, more than 1,500 clergy members, and more than 320,000 lay members.-Education:Watson received a bachelor of science...

     http://www.ngumc.org
  • Red Bird Missionary
  • South Carolina Conference -- Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor (Columbia) http://www.umcsc.org/index.html
  • South Georgia Conference—Bishop James R. King, Jr. (South Georgia) http://www.sgaumc.com/
  • Tennessee Conference—Bishop Richard Wills (Nashville) http://www.tnumc.org/
  • Virginia Conference—Bishop Charlene P. Kammerer
    Charlene P. Kammerer
    Charlene P. Kammerer is a Bishop in The United Methodist Church, elected and consecrated to the Episcopacy in 1996.Born January 5, 1948, Bishop Charlene Kammerer graduated from Wesleyan College in 1970. She received a Master of Christian Education and Master of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical...

     (Virginia)http://www.vaumc.org/index.cfm/fa/content.view/menuID/100.htm
  • Western North Carolina Conference -- Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster (Charlotte) http://wnccumc.org

South Central Jurisdiction

According to its website http://www.gbgm-umc.org/scjumc/Annual%20Conferences.htm, the South Central Jurisdiction consists of the following Annual conferences:

Western Jurisdiction

According to its website http://westernjurisdictionumc.org/, the "Western Jurisdiction" of the UMC consists of the following conferences:
  • Alaska Conference—Bishop Grant J. Hagiya
    Grant J. Hagiya
    Grant J. Hagiya, a third generation Japanese American was elected a Bishop in the United Methodist Church in 2008. -Family:Bishop Hagiya was born 3 January 1952 in Chicago, Illinois...

     (Seattle) http://www.alaskaumc.org/
  • California-Nevada Conference—Bishop Warner H. Brown, Jr. (Sacramento) http://www.cnumc.org/
  • California Pacific Conference—Bishop Mary Ann Swenson (Pasadena) http://www.cal-pac.org/
  • Desert Southwest Conference—Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño
    Minerva G. Carcaño
    Minerva G. Carcaño is the first Hispanic woman to be elected to the episcopacy of The United Methodist Church , the second-largest Protestant denomination in the United States. She was elected in 2004. She currently serves as Bishop of the Phoenix Episcopal Area, Desert Southwest Conference of...

     (Phoenix) http://www.desertsouthwestconference.org/
  • Oregon-Idaho Conference—Bishop Robert T. Hoshibata
    Robert T. Hoshibata
    Robert Tsugio Hoshibata is an American Bishop of The United Methodist Church, elected in 2004. Robert is notable as a U.M. Pastor, District Superintendent, and Bishop.-Birth and family:...

     (Portland) http://www.umoi.net/
  • Pacific Northwest Conference—Bishop Grant J. Hagiya
    Grant J. Hagiya
    Grant J. Hagiya, a third generation Japanese American was elected a Bishop in the United Methodist Church in 2008. -Family:Bishop Hagiya was born 3 January 1952 in Chicago, Illinois...

     (Seattle) http://www.pnwumc.org/
  • Rocky Mountain Conference—Bishop Elaine Stanovsky (Denver) http://www.rmcumc.org/
  • Yellowstone Conference—Bishop Elaine Stanovsky (Denver) http://www.yacumc.org/

Annual Conferences in the Central Conferences (Outside the U.S.)

Outside the United States the church is divided into seven Central Conferences in three continents:
  • Africa Central Conference
  • Congo Central Conference
  • West Africa Central Conference
  • Central and Southern Europe Central Conference
  • Germany Central Conference
  • Northern Europe Central Conference
  • Philippines Central Conference

Africa Central Conference

  • Eastern Angola Episcopal Area : Bishop Jose Quipungo
    • Eastern Angola Annual Conference
  • East Africa Episcopal Area : Bishop Daniel A. Wandabula
    • East Africa Annual Conference (includes Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan and Uganda)
  • Mozambique Episcopal Area : Bishop João Somane Machado
    • Mozambique North Annual Conference
    • Mozambique South Annual Conference
    • South Africa Provisional
  • Western Angola Episcopal Area : Bishop Gaspar Joao Domingos
    • Western Angola Annual Conference
  • Zimbabwe Episcopal Area : Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa
    • East Zimbabwe Annual Conference
    • West Zimbabwe Annual Conference

Congo Central Conference

  • Central Congo Episcopal Area :Bishop David Kekumba Yemba
    • Central Congo Annual Conference
    • East Congo Annual Conference (Previously Northeast Congo)
    • Kasai Provisional Annual Conference
    • Kivu Provisional Annual Conference
    • Oriental and Equator Annual Conference (Previously Upper Congo & Equator)
    • West Congo Annual Conference
  • North Katanga Episcopal Area : Bishop Nkulu Ntanda Ntambo
    • North Katanga Annual Conference
    • Tanganyika/Tanzania Annual Conference
  • South Congo Episcopal Area : Bishop Kainda Katembo
    • Lukoshi Annual Conference
    • North-West Katanga Annual Conference
    • South Congo Annual Conference
    • South-West Katanga Annual Conference

West Africa Central Conference

  • Liberia Episcopal Area : Bishop John Innis
    • Liberia Annual Conference
  • Nigeria Episcopal Area
    • Nigeria Annual Conference
  • Sierra Leone Episcopal Area : Bishop John Yambasu
    • Sierra Leone Annual Conference
  • Cote D'Ivoire Episcopal Area :Bishop Benjamin Boni
    • Cote D'Ivoire Annual Conference

Central and Southern Europe Central Conference

  • Central and Southern Europe Episcopal Area : Bishop Patrick Streiff
    Patrick Streiff
    Patrick Philipp Streiff is bishop of the United Methodist Church of Central and Southern Europe which comprises the countries Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Tunisia.- Life :Patrick...

     http://www.umc-europe.org/
    • Austria Provisional Annual Conference
    • Bulgaria Provisional Annual Conference
    • Czech and Slovak Republics Annual Conference
    • Hungary Provisional Annual Conference
    • Poland Annual Conference
    • Serbia-Montenegro/Republic of Macedonia Provisional Annual Conference
    • Switzerland-France Annual Conference (includes Algeria District)

Germany Central Conference

  • Germany Episcopal Area : Bishop Rosemarie Wenner
    Rosemarie Wenner
    Rosemarie Wenner is the current Presiding Bishop of the United Methodist Church in Germany.Rosemarie Wenner studied in Reutlingen, Germany...

     http://emk.de/
    • Germany East Annual Conference
    • Germany North Annual Conference
    • Germany South Annual Conference

Northern Europe Central Conference

  • Eurasia Episcopal Area : Bishop Hans Växby (http://www.umc-eurasia.ru/english/)
    • Central Russia Annual Conference
    • Eastern Russia and Central Asia Annual Conference
    • Northwest Russia Provisional Annual Conference
    • Southern Russia Annual Conference
    • Ukraine and Moldova Annual Conference
  • Nordic and Baltic Episcopal Area : Bishop Christian Alsted http://www.umc-northerneurope.org/
    • Denmark Annual Conference
    • Estonia Annual Conference
    • Finland-Finnish Provisional Annual Conference
    • Finland-Swedish Provisional Annual Conference
    • Norway Annual Conference
    • Sweden Annual Conference

Philippines Central Conference

  • Baguio Episcopal Area : Bishop Rudoflo Juan
    • Central Luzon Philippines Annual Conference
    • North Central Philippines Annual Conference
    • Northeast Philippines Annual Conference
    • Northern Philippines Annual Conference
    • Northwest Philippines Annual Conference
    • Pangasinan Philippines Annual Conference
    • Tarlac Philippines Annual Conference
    • Northeast Luzon Philippines Annual Conference
  • Davao Episcopal Area : Bishop Leo A. Soriano
    Leo A. Soriano
    Leo A. Soriano is a Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 2000 in the Philippines.-Early life:Leo is the second son of Benjamin Soriano, a Methodist Pastor, and Purificacion Aranda, a teacher. He has two brothers, Henry and Bliss and a sister, Phoebe. He was born and spent his early...

    • East Mindanao Philippines Annual Conference
    • Mindanao Philippines Annual Conference
    • Northwest Mindanao Philippines Annual Conference
    • Southwest Philippines Annual Conference
    • Palawan Philippines Annual Conference
    • Visayas Philippines Annual Conference
  • Manila Episcopal Area : Bishop Lito Tangonan
    • Bicol Philippines Provisional Annual Conference
    • Bulacan Philippines Annual Conference
      Bulacan Philippines Annual Conference
      The Bulacan Philippines Annual Conference, or simply BulPAC, is an Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in the Philippines. This conference serves the whole province of Bulacan, northern part of Valenzuela and small part of Pampanga...

    • Middle Philippines Annual Conference
    • Philippines Annual Conference
    • Quezon City Philippines Annual Conference - East
    • Rizal Philippines Annual Conference - East
    • Southern Tagalog Provisional Philippines Annual Conference - East
    • Pampango Philippines Annual Conference
    • West Middle Philippines Annual Conference

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See also

  • United Methodist Church
    United Methodist Church
    The United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley...

  • Conferences of the United Methodist Church
    Conferences of the United Methodist Church
    The following is a list of the Conferences of The United Methodist Church.-Conference Listings:There are several kinds of Conferences of The United Methodist Church.*General Conference is the highest deliberative body for the United Methodist Church....

  • General conference (United Methodist Church)
    General conference (United Methodist Church)
    The General Conference of The United Methodist Church is the denomination's top legislative body for all matters affecting the United Methodist connection...

  • Annual Conferences
  • Central Conferences (United Methodist Church)
    Central Conferences (United Methodist Church)
    The Central Conferences is a collection of Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church located outside the United States are organized into central conferences, much like Jurisdictional Conferences.-List of Central Conferences:...

  • List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church
  • Episcopal Area
    Episcopal Area
    An Episcopal Area in the United Methodist Church is a basic unit of this denomination. It is a region presided over by a resident bishop that is similar to a diocese in other Christian denominations. Each annual conference in the UMC is within a single episcopal area; some episcopal areas...

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