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  2. Central conferences (United Methodist Church) - Wikipedia

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    A central conference is one of seven annual conferences organized by the United Methodist Church outside of the United States.Composed of equal numbers of lay and clergy members, they connect annual conferences "for common ministry, adapt regulations as the conditions in the respective regions may require, and elect bishops... and fix their tenure."

  3. North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists - Wikipedia

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    The North American Division (NAD) of Seventh-day Adventists is a sub-entity of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which oversees the Church's work in the United States, Canada, French possessions of St. Pierre and Miquelon, the British overseas territory of Bermuda, the US territories in the Pacific of Guam, Wake Island, Northern Mariana Islands, and three states in free ...

  4. Conferences in Methodism - Wikipedia

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    General Conference is the highest deliberative body for the United Methodist Church, the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church, among others. [1] Jurisdictional Conferences in the U.S.; and; Central Conferences outside the U.S. elect and assign bishops in their region and comprise; Annual Conferences, the basic organizational unit in the ...

  5. Jurisdictional conferences (United Methodist Church) - Wikipedia

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    While Central conferences—groups of annual conferences in Africa, Europe and the Philippines—follow similar procedures to elect and assign bishops, some meet in different years. At present, each jurisdiction having 500,000 church members or fewer is entitled to six bishops. Another is elected for each additional 320,000 members.

  6. 10th National Eucharistic Congress (United States) - Wikipedia

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    He preached on the need for missionary zeal, and expressed the wishes of the Holy Father that the congress would bear much fruit in the Church and society the United States. [42] With over 1,600 seminarians, priests, bishops, and cardinals, the opening procession for the Mass lasted 25 minutes. [42] Approximately 50,000 people were in ...

  7. Category:Conferences in the United States - Wikipedia

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    National Eucharistic congresses in the United States (6 P) Pages in category "Conferences in the United States" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total.

  8. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Wikipedia

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    The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States.Founded in 2001 after the merger of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (USCC), it is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops and the ...

  9. General Conference (LDS Church) - Wikipedia

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    The General Conference is a biannual gathering of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), held every April and October at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. During each conference, church members gather in a series of two-hour sessions to listen to the faith's leaders.