General Conference 2004: Number of Delegates

Church law provides for a maximum of 1,000 delegates--half clergy, half lay. It mandates that each annual conference must have at least one delegate from each order. Beyond that, a conference's representation is based the number of lay members and clergy members in the conference. The list below is arranged by jurisdiction and central conference.

Jurisdictional Conferences

North Central

Dakotas 4 
Detroit 12 
East Ohio 20 
Illinois Great Rivers 18 
Iowa 20 
Minnesota 8 
North Indiana 12 
Northern Illinois 12 
South Indiana 12 
West Michigan 8 
West Ohio 26 
Wisconsin 12

NCJ Totals 164

Northeastern

Baltimore-Washington 18 
Central Pennsylvania 16 
Eastern Pennsylvania 14 
Greater New Jersey 12 
New England 12 
New York 14 
North Central New York 8 
Peninsula-Delaware 6 
Troy 4 
West Virginia 12 
Western New York 4 
Western Pennsylvania 20 
Wyoming 4

NEJ Totals 144

South Central

Central Texas 14 
Kansas East 8 
Kansas West 8 
Little Rock 4 
Louisiana 14 
Missouri 18 
Nebraska 8 
New Mexico 4 
North Arkansas 8 
North Texas 16 
Northwest Texas 4 
Oklahoma 22 
Oklahoma Indian Missionary 2 
Rio Grande 2 
Southwest Texas 12 
Texas 26

SCJ Totals 170

Southeastern

Alabama-West Florida 14 
Florida 30 
Holston 16 
Kentucky 14 
Memphis 8 
Mississippi 18 
North Alabama 16 
North Carolina 22 
North Georgia 28 
Red Bird Missionary 2 
South Carolina 24 
South Georgia 14 
Tennessee 12 
Virginia 32 
Western North Carolina 28

SEJ Totals 278

Western

Alaska Missionary 2 
California-Nevada 10 
California-Pacific 10 
Desert Southwest 4 
Oregon-Idaho 2 
Pacific Northwest 6 
Rocky Mountain 8 
Yellowstone 2

WJ Totals 44 
 

Central Conferences

Africa

East Africa 8 
Eastern Angola 2 
Mozambique 4 
Western Angola 2 
East Zimbabwe 2 
West Zimbabwe 2

Congo

Central Congo 14 
East Congo 10 
North Katanga 8 
North-West Katanga 6 
Oriental and Equator 2 
South Congo 2 
South-West Katanga 4 
Tanganyika/Tanzania 2 
West Congo 2

West Africa

Liberia 14 
Nigeria 12 
Sierra Leone 10

Central and Southern Europe

Austria Provisional 2 
Bulgaria Provisional 2 
Czech and Slovak Republics 2 
Hungary Provisional 2 
Yugoslavia-Macedonia Prov. 2 
Poland 2 
Switzerland-France 2

Germany

Germany East 2 
Germany North 2 
Germany South 2 
Germany Southwest 2

Northern Europe

Denmark 2 
Estonia 2 
Finland-Finnish Provisional 2 
Finland-Swedish Provisional 2 
Norway 2 
Central Russia 2 
Eastern Russia-Kazakhstan Prov. 2 
North West Russia Provisional 2 
Southern Russia-Ukraine-Moldova Prov. 2 
Sweden 2

Philippines

Bicol Mission Philippines 2 
Bulacan Philippines 2 
Central Luzon Philippines 2 
East Mindanao Philippines 2 
Middle Philippines 2 
Mindanao Philippines 2 
North Central Philippines 2 
Northwest Mindanao Philippines 2 
Northeast Philippines 2 
Northern Philippines 2 
Northwest Philippines 2 
Palawan Philippines Provisional 2 
Pampango Philippines 2 
Philippines 2 
Philippines East 2 
Southwest Philippines Provisional 2 
Visayas Philippines 2 
West Middle Philippines 2 
Pangasinan Philippines 2 
Central Conferences Total 184

Concordat Churches 
Caribbean & the Americas 2 
Great Britain 4 
Mexico 2 
Puerto Rico 2 
Concordat Churches Total 10

Summary

North Central Jurisdiction 164 
Northeastern Jurisdiction 144 
South Central Jurisdiction 170 
Southeastern Jurisdiction 278 
Western Jurisdiction 44 
Central Conferences 184 
Concordat Churches 10
TOTAL 994

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