Conference Secretary

The role of Conference Secretary in The United Methodist Church varies with each annual (geographic) conference. In Western Pennsylvania, the Conference Secretary is an Officer of the Annual Conference whose primary responsibility is to edit the Annual Conference Journal.

Deadlines for Annual Conference

Reports March 1 and Legislation April 1. Email Reports and Legislation to conference.secretary@wpaumc.org.

Demographic Information

Through Conference Apportionments, churches are able to leverage MissionInsite demographic data about their community. Find more information about your community using MissionInsite here.

 


Official Annual Conference Journals

https://www.wpaumc.org/journal

Archives Sampler

 

The 1786 General Minutes -- Recalling Baltimore’s Christmas Conference. 1784 was the founding of the U.S. Church.
 
Historical Church Records in Western Pennsylvania, including a brief history of predecessor denominations and clergy appointments in PDF format by District. 1784 to current year for the Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Protestant, Evangelical, United Brethren, Western Pennsylvania Methodist; Western Pennsylvania Evangelical United Brethren and Western Pennsylvania United Methodist Clergy.
 

2018 Historical Pastoral Records in Western Pennsylvania including clergy records 1784-2018 for the Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Protestant, Evangelical, United Brethren, Western Pennsylvania Methodist; Western Pennsylvania Evangelical United Brethren and Western Pennsylvania United Methodist clergy.

 

Historical Information from the denomination