North Georgia Annual Conference
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The North Georgia Conference is a regional episcopal area, (similar to a diocese) of the United Methodist Church. (Not to be confused with the "Annual Conference" which is the yearly meeting of the North Georgia Conference itself.) This conference serves the northern half of the state of Georgia, with its administrative offices and the office of the bishop located in Atlanta, GA. It is part of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. The bishop is .
Bishops[]
- 1996 - 2008: Bishop G. Lindsey Davis
- 2008 - 2016: Bishop B. Michael Watson
Bishop B. Michael Watson began service on September 7, 2008.
- 2016 - Current: [1]
Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson began service on September 1, 2016.
Districts[]
The North Georgia Annual Conference is further subdivided into 8 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 as connectionalism. The Districts that comprise the North Georgia Conference are:
- (1) Central West
- (2) Central North
- (3) Central East
- (4) Central South
- (5) North West
- (6) North East
- (7) South East
- (8) South West
See also[]
- Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church
External links[]
- Methodist stubs
- Methodism in Georgia (U.S. state)
- United Methodism by region
- United Methodist Annual Conferences