Conferences in Methodism

Conferences

• 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.