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Northern Illinois Conference of The United Methodist Church
What is an Annual Conference?
In The United Methodist Church, the annual conference serves as the "basic unit" of the church. The United States has 63 annual conferences, supervised by 50 bishops. There are 59 annual conferences in Africa, Europe, and the Philippines, which are supervised by 18 bishops. In the U.S., an annual conference may cover an entire state, only part of the state, or even parts of two or more states.
Resource – Structure and Organization: UMC.org
The Northern Illinois Conference
Our conference includes more than 370 churches and 30 missions–new faith communities that we hope will grow into new churches. Our conference is led by Bishop Hee-Soo Jung.
Annual Conference Meetings
Each year in June, the clergy and lay leaders of Northern Illinois meet to conduct business, elect leaders and celebrate our ministries. Find out more about our 2009 conference and the upcoming 2010 conference.