Religion:District Conference
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In many Methodist Churches, a District Conference is a unit of church organisation with respect to hierarchy.
Evangelical Wesleyan Church
In the Evangelical Wesleyan Church, district conferences are required to be held thrice a year. It is presided over by a bishop.[1] It grants and renews licenses to preach, recommends suitable local preachers to the annual conference, recommends suitable deaconesses to the annual conference, among other responsibilities.[1]
Primitive Methodist Church
In the Primitive Methodist Church, a district superintendent presides over the district conference.[2]
United Methodist Church
In the United Methodist Church, district conferences consist of clergy from the district, as well as lay delegates from each pastoral charge.[3] It is presided over by a District Superintendent.[3]
See also
- Conferences in Methodism
- Annual conference
- General Conference (Methodism)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (in English) The Discipline of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church. Evangelical Wesleyan Church. 2015. pp. 91.
- ↑ "Discipline of the Primitive Methodist Church" (in English). https://www.primitivemethodistchurch.org/chapter5.html. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "District conference" (in English). The United Methodist Church. http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/glossary-district-conference. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
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