Northern Illinois Conference (United Methodist)
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The Northern Illinois Conference is an Annual Conference (regional episcopal area, similar to a diocese) of the United Methodist Church. This conference serves the northern portion of the state of Illinois with its administrative offices and the office of the bishop being in the Chicago Temple Building in Chicago, Illinois. It is part of the North Central Jurisdictional Conference.[1] The current[when?] bishop is Sally Dyck.
Mission[]
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Institutions of Higher Learning[]
The Northern Illinois Conference supports and is host to three institutions of higher learning:
- Kendall College -- Evanston, Illinois
- Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary -- Evanston, Illinois
- North Central College -- Naperville, Illinois.
Districts[]
The Northern Illinois Annual Conference is further subdivided into 6 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 Northern Illinois Conference are:
Conference Boundaries[]
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See also[]
- Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church
References[]
- ^ "Conference Offices". UMC Regional Offices. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Northern Illinois Conference - Aurora District at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 December 2013)
- ^ Northern Illinois Conference - Elgin District at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 December 2013)
External links[]
- United Methodism by region
- United Methodist Annual Conferences
- Christianity in Chicago
- Methodism in Illinois
- Methodist stubs