Michigan Area of The United Methodist Church

The Michigan Area Conference is one of 54 Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church in the United States. They are one of 10 members of the North Central Jurisdiction. The Michigan Area Annual Conference represents more than 830 local United Methodist churches with approximately 130,000 members in total. The Michigan Area Conference Center is located in Lansing.^[1]

Mission

The mission of the conference is to, "Make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the world."^[2]

Districts

The Michigan Area Annual Conference is organized into Nine districts: Central Bay, East Winds, Greater Detroit, Greater Southwest, Heritage, Mid-Michigan, Midwest, Northern Waters And Northern Skies.


District	Superintendent
Northern Skies	Scott Harmon
Northern Waters	Jodie Flessner
Central Bay	John Kasper
Mid-West	Margie Crawford
Mid-Michigan	Jerry Devine
East Winds	John Hice
Greater Southwest	Dwayne Bagley
Heritage	Luann Rourke
Greater Detroit	Charles Boayue

Michigan Area

The conference is led by Bishop David A. Bard, who was appointed in 2016.

On June 10, 2015 it was announced that the voting members at the 2015 West Michigan Annual Conference had voted in favor of joining with the Detroit Annual Conference to create a "New Michigan Area Conference." Pastor Glenn M. Wagner of Grand Haven and Rev. Marsha Woolley of Northville were selected as co-chairs of the new conference. The final vote tally follows: 551 yes and 83 no. As stated in the approved legislative materials, the new conference shall be established no later than January 1, 2019.^[3]

Michigan's General Conference Delegates are Anne Soles, John Wharton