- Western North Carolina Annual Conference
The Western North Carolina Conference is an
Annual Conference (regional episcopal area, similar to adiocese ) of theUnited Methodist Church . This conference serves the western half of the state ofNorth Carolina , with its administrative offices and the office of thebishop being located inCharlotte, North Carolina . It is part of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference.The current presiding Bishop is Bishop J. Lawerence McCleskey
The Western North Carolina Conference provides funding to five institutions of higher learning:
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Bennett College --Greensboro, North Carolina
*Brevard College --Brevard, North Carolina
*Greensboro College --Greensboro, North Carolina
*High Point University --High Point, North Carolina
*Pfeiffer University
**Main Campus --Misenheimer, North Carolina
**Extension Campus --Charlotte, North Carolina The WNC Annual Conference is further subdivided into 14 smaller regions, called "districts," which provide further administrative functions for the operation of local churches in cooperation with each other. This structure is vital to
Methodism , and is referred to asconnectionalism . The districts that comprise the Western North Carolina Conference are:*Albemarle [http://www.albemarleumc.org]
*Asheville
*Charlotte [http://www.chardist.org]
*Gastonia [http://www.gbgm-umc.org/gastonia-district]
*Greensboro [http://www.greensborodistrictumc.org]
*High Point [http://www.highpointdistrict.org]
*Lexington [http://www.gbgm-umc.org/lexncdistrict]
*Marion [http://www.gbgm-umc.org/mariondistrict]
*Northeast [http://www.gbgm-umc.org/nedistrict]
*North Wilkesboro [http://www.northwilkesborodistrict.org]
*Salisbury
*Statesville
*Waynesville
*Winston-Salem [http://www.winstonsalemdistrictumc.org]External links
* [http://www.wnccumc.org Western North Carolina Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church]
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