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About Kentucky Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church

The Kentucky Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church includes more than 150,000 members in over 800 churches served by 900 active and retired pastors. Our Resident Bishop is Leonard Fairley, who serves both the Kentucky Conference and the Red Bird Missionary Conference. The Kentucky Conference Mission is to Discover, Develop and Send passionate spiritual leaders and resources to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world The conference is divided into 9 Districts: Ashland/Prestonsburg Area, Columbia/Bowling Green Area, Corbin/Hazard Area, Northern KY Area, Louisville/Elizabethtown Area, Frankfort Area, Lexington Area, Madisonville Area and the Owensboro Area. In The United Methodist Church, an annual conference is a regional body and a yearly meeting. Each year clergy and lay members from across the Kentucky Annual Conference gather to worship, enjoy fellowship, and conduct the conference’s business. This includes electing delegates to General Conference (which meets every four years), adopting budgets, ordaining clergy, and hearing reports on the work of various Conference agencies. Learn more about the structure and organization of the UMC here.