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Bishop ken carter short interview 2013 western north carolina annual conference
The Western North Carolina Conference is an Annual Conference (regional episcopal area, similar to a diocese) of the United Methodist Church. This conference serves the western half of the state of North Carolina, with its administrative offices and the office of the bishop being located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is part of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference.
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- Bishop ken carter short interview 2013 western north carolina annual conference
- 2013 western north carolina annual conference closing worship highlight recap
- Higher education support
- Districts
- References
The current presiding Bishop is Bishop Paul L. Leeland.
2013 western north carolina annual conference closing worship highlight recap
Higher education support
The Western North Carolina Conference provides funding to five institutions of higher learning:
Districts
The WNC Annual Conference is further subdivided into eight 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 Western North Carolina Conference are:
Prior to July 2012, the WNC Annual Conference had 15 districts.