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North Georgia Annual Conference

The North Georgia Conference is an Annual Conference (a regional episcopal area, similar to a diocese) of the United Methodist Church. This conference serves the northern half of the state of Georgia, with its administrative offices and the office of the bishop located in Norcross, GA. It is part of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. The bishop is Bishop B. Michael Watson.

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Bishops

  • 1996 - 2008: Bishop G. Lindsey Davis
  • 2008 - Current: Bishop B. Michael Watson
  • Bishop B. Michael Watson was installed September 7, 2008.

    Districts

    The North Georgia Annual Conference is further subdivided into 12 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:

  • Atlanta-College Park
  • Atlanta-Decatur-Oxford
  • Atlanta-Emory
  • Atlanta-Marietta
  • Atlanta-Roswell
  • Athens-Elberton
  • Augusta
  • Gainesville
  • Griffin
  • LaGrange
  • Northwest
  • Rome-Carrollton
  • References

    North Georgia Annual Conference Wikipedia