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5-517: Northern Illinois Conference may refer to the following: Northern Illinois Conference (United Methodist) Northern Illinois Conference (athletic conference) , a highschool athletics conference Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference , a defunct NCAA Division III college athletics conference Big Northern Conference (Illinois), a highschool athletics conference See also [ edit ] North Conference (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
10-575: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Northern Illinois Conference (United Methodist) The Northern Illinois Conference is an Annual Conference (regional episcopal area, similar to a diocese ) of the United Methodist Church . This conference serves the northern portion of the state of Illinois , with its administrative offices at 303 E. Wacker Dr. in Chicago and
15-550: The glory of God. The Northern Illinois Annual Conference is further subdivided into 5 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 Northern Illinois Conference are: A map can be viewed here . The Northern Illinois Conference supports and
20-645: The office of the bishop being in the Chicago Temple Building in Chicago, Illinois . It is part of the North Central Jurisdictional Conference . The current bishop is Dan Schwerin. The purpose of the annual conference is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world by equipping its local churches for ministry and by providing a connection for ministry beyond the local church; all to
25-452: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Northern Illinois Conference . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Illinois_Conference&oldid=996784863 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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