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The Tennessee Conference is an Annual Conference (a regional episcopal area, similar to a diocese) of the United Methodist Church. This conference serves the congregations in Middle Tennessee. The conference's administrative offices and the office of the bishop are located in Nashville, Tennessee. It is part of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. The bishop is the Reverend Bill McAllily (Nashville Area).

The Tennessee Conference maintains two campground/retreat centers:

Beersheba Springs Assembly, Beersheba Springs, Tennessee
Cedar Crest Camp, Lyles, TN

Districts

The Tennessee Conference is further subdivided into 7 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 Tennessee Conference are:

Nashville District

District Superintendent: Rev. Harriet Bryan
Assistant to the District Superintendent: Carol Ruckman
Mailing Address: 900 Glendale Lane, Nashville, TN 37204

External links

Tennessee Conference of The United Methodist Church

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Tennessee Conference

Districts

Nashville District

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