There are 36 Conferences in the
United Church of Christ. Most of these consist of
associations and all consist of congregations, formally known as "Local Churches."
Puerto Rico was the 39th conference; prior to its affiliation with the Congregational Christian Churches in the 1930s, it was an independent
synod
A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word ''wikt:synod, synod'' comes from the meaning "assembly" or "meeting" and is analogous with the Latin ...
/denomination. On June 10, 2006, this conference withdrew from the UCC
Effective January 1, 2020 the Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island Conferences merged to form the Southern New England Conference.
The following is a list of the conferences and headquarters locations.
*Northern California Nevada --
Oakland, California
*Southern California Nevada --
Altadena, California
*Calvin Synod --
Hammond, Indiana
Hammond ( ) is a city in Lake County, Indiana. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area, and the only city in Indiana to border Chicago. First settled in the mid-19th century, it is one of the oldest cities of northern Lake County. As of the ...
NOTE: The Synod is a non-geographical judicatory composed of churches which derive from the
Hungarian Reformed tradition.
*Central Atlanti
--
Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
*Central Pacific --
Portland, Oregon
*Florida --
Orlando, Florida
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...
*Hawaii --
Honolulu, Hawaii
*Illinois --
Westchester, Illinois
*Illinois South --
Highland, Illinois
*Indiana-Kentucky --
Indianapolis, Indiana
*Iowa --
Des Moines, Iowa
*Kansas-Oklahoma --
Wichita, Kansas
*Maine --
Yarmouth, Maine
*
Michigan Conference of the United Church of Christ--
East Lansing, Michigan
*Minnesota --
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...
*Missouri Mid-South --
St. Louis, Missouri
*Montana-Northern Wyoming --
Billings, Montana
*Nebraska --
Lincoln, Nebraska
*New Hampshire --
Pembroke, New Hampshire
*New York --
East Syracuse, New York
*Northern Plains --
Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck () is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the state's second-most populous city, after Fargo. The city's population was 73,622 in the 2020 census, while its metropolitan popula ...
*Ohio --
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
*Pacific Northwest --
Seattle,
Washington
*Penn Central --
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in Pe ...
*Penn Northeast --
Palmerton, Pennsylvania
*Penn West --
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
*Pennsylvania Southeast --
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Pottstown is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Pottstown was laid out in 1752–53 and named Pottsgrove in honor of its founder, John Potts. The old name was abandoned at the time of the incorporation as a borough in 1815. In 1888 ...
*Rocky Mountain --
Denver, Colorado
*South Dakota --
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
*South Central --
Houston, Texas
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
*
Southeast --
Atlanta, Georgia
*Southern --
Burlington, North Carolina
Burlington is a city in Alamance County, North Carolina, Alamance and Guilford County, North Carolina, Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the principal city of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Are ...
*Southern New England -- Hartford, Connecticut and Framingham, Massachusetts
*Southwest --
Phoenix, Arizona
*Vermont --
Randolph, Vermont
*Wisconsin --
DeForest, Wisconsin
See also
*
Associations of the United Church of Christ
*
Middle judicatory
*
United Church of Christ
Sources
* http://www.ucc.org/about-us/conference/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20051026014417/http://www.ucc.org/justice/iraq1.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20060919153039/http://www.ncncucc.org/Pastoral%20Letter%20from%20CMs.pdf
External links
* Map of UCC Conference
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