Jurisdictional Conferences Of The United Methodist Church
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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. * 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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