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The North Georgia Conference is an Annual Conference (a regional episcopal area, similar to a diocese) of the United Methodist Church. This conference serves the northern half of the state of Georgia, with its administrative offices and the office of the bishop located in Norcross, GA. It is part of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. The bishop is Bishop B. Michael Watson.

Bishops

1996 - 2008: Bishop G. Lindsey Davis
2008 - Current: Bishop B. Michael Watson

Bishop B. Michael Watson was installed September 7, 2008.

Districts

The North Georgia Annual Conference is further subdivided into 12 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 North Georgia Conference are:

Atlanta-College Park
Atlanta-Decatur-Oxford
Atlanta-Emory
Atlanta-Marietta
Atlanta-Roswell
Athens-Elberton
Augusta
Gainesville
Griffin
LaGrange
Northwest
Rome-Carrollton

External links

North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church

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North Georgia Annual Conference

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Districts

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