The Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church is the regional body of congregations and ministries in East Texas, from Texarkana west to approximately Cedar Creek Lake in the north, Thorndale, Tx in the west, and Bay City in the southwest and down to the Gulf Coast and back east to the Louisiana border. It is headquartered in Houston, Texas with Bishop Janice Riggle Huie currently serving as the presiding Bishop. The Texas Annual Conference is also officially referred to as "the Houston Area of The United Methodist Church" as well as "The Texas Annual Conference". The Texas Annual Conference is the largest Annual Conference in the Church's South Central Jurisdiction and the third largest in the Denomination.
The Texas Annual Conference was the original Annual Conference in Texas, which now contains 6 Annual Conferences that were carved out of the original Texas Conference. The State of Texas now has 5 geographical and 1 Spanish language conference. The jurisdiction of the Spanish language Conference, the Rio Grande Conference, covers the entire State of Texas and portions of New Mexico. The Texas Annual Conference contains over 1000 churches in over 800 pastoral appointments, 12 Wesley Foundations, 2 higher education institutions and many other ministries and outreaches.
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