Conference approves the creation of ten-district structure
This is a map of the ten new Indiana Conference districts that will begin operating on January 1. 2010. It’s available here.
On behalf of the conference Transition Team, Chair Cindy Reynolds, brought seven recommendations to the conference June 26 to implement a new district structure. They included Recommendation 4 which was a major shift from last year’s five bi-district resource centers with two districts and superintendents proposal to a ten district configuration including a superintendent, associate superintendent, district assistant plus partnering with conference-supported connectional ministries and church development. The reason for the change was a fear of adding another layer of structure and increasing the complexity of a bi-district structure.
Other recommendations included:
- District lines including cluster configurations which have been drawn by the bishop and cabinet,
- Support of the directors of connectional ministries and church development,
- Support of the rules and structure report already adopted,
- Asking the bishop to name an ongoing Transition Team,
- Enabling the ten district structures to be formed, and
- Discontinuing the current Transition Team.
After discussion and concerns about district funding, the conference approved the recommendation to form a ten-district resource center structure.