Western North Carolina Annual Conference

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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.

The current presiding Bishop is Bishop J. Lawerence McCleskey

The Western North Carolina Conference provides funding to five institutions of higher learning:

Bennett College -- Greensboro, North Carolina
Brevard College -- Brevard, North Carolina
Greensboro College -- Greensboro, North Carolina
High Point University -- High Point, North Carolina
Pfeiffer University
- Main Campus -- Misenheimer, North Carolina
- Extension Campus -- Charlotte, North Carolina

The WNC Annual Conference is further subdivided into 14 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: