US & Central Conference UMC Disability Ministries Committees
United States: Annual Conference Committees, by State
To find your annual conference disability ministry website, check this list which is organized alphabetically by state. We strive to make these lists as accurate and complete as possible. If you find any inaccuracies, or wish to suggest an addition, please contact us.
Alabama
North Alabama Conference Disability Ministries
Alabama-West Florida Conference (South) Disability Ministries
Alaska
Alaska Annual Conference: Greater Northwest Disability Ministries on Facebook
Arizona
Except Four Corners: Desert Southwest Conference Disability Awareness
Four Corners: New Mexico Conference, no committee
Arkansas
Arkansas Conference, DisAbility Ministries
California
South: California-Pacific Conference Disability Ministries Task Force
North: California-Nevada Conference Disability Task Force
Colorado
Mountain Sky Conference Disability Visions — Ability Matters
Connecticut
Eastern: New England Conference Disabilities Committee
Western: New York Conference Committee on Accessibility
Delaware
Peninsula-Delaware Conference Committee on Disability Ministries
District of Columbia
Baltimore-Washington Conference Commission on Disability Concerns
Florida
East and Central: Florida Conference, Disability Ministries
Alabama-West Florida Division of Disability Concerns
Georgia
North Georgia Conference Disability Concerns
North: Holston Conference, Disability Concerns Committee
South: South Georgia Conference, no committee
Hawai’i
California-Pacific Conference Disability Ministries Task Force
Idaho
North: Pacific Northwest Conference: Disability Ministries Committee
South: Oregon-Idaho Conference: no committee
Central valley: Mountain Sky Conference Disability Visions — Ability Matters
Illinois
Northern Illinois Conference Accessibility Ministries
Central, South: Illinois Great Rivers Conference Accessibility Ministries
Indiana
Indiana Conference Disability Advocacy Team (Facebook)
Iowa
Iowa Conference Commission on Ministry with People with Disabilities
Kansas
Great Plains Conference, no committee
Kentucky
East: Kentucky Conference, Advocacy and Justice
Southeast: Red Bird Missionary Conference (Central Appalachian Missionary Conference): no committee
West: Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference Disability Concerns
Louisiana
Louisiana Conference, no committee
Maine
New England Conference Disabilities Committee
Maryland
East: Peninsula-Delaware Conference Committee on Disability Ministries
West: Baltimore-Washington Conference Commission on Disability Concerns
Massachusetts
New England Conference Disabilities Committee
Michigan
Michigan Conference, Division on Disability Concerns
Minnesota
Minnesota Conference, no committee
Mississippi
Mississippi United Methodist Disability Ministries
Missouri
Missouri Conference, no committee, see Values Team
Montana
Mountain Sky Conference Disability Visions — Ability Matters
Nebraska
Great Plains Conference, no committee
Nevada
North: California-Nevada Conference Disability Task Force
South: Desert Southwest Conference Disability Awareness
New Hampshire
New England Conference Disabilities Committee
New Jersey
Greater New Jersey Conference Committee on Disability Concerns
New Mexico
New Mexico Conference, no committee
New York
Upper New York Annual Conference (Central, North, West) Accessibility Committee
Southeast: New York Conference Committee on Accessibility
Rockland Co.: Greater New Jersey Committee on Disability Concerns
North Carolina
East: North Carolina Conference, Disability Ministries
Western North Carolina Conference, no committee
North Dakota
Dakotas Conference, no committee
Ohio
East Ohio Conference Committee on Disability Concerns
West Ohio Conference, Ohio Disability and Ministry Collaborative
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Conference, Disability Task Force
Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, no committee
Oregon
Oregon-Idaho Conference: no committee
Pennsylvania
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Disability Ministries
West Pennsylvania Conference Disability Concerns
Susquehanna Conference (Central PA) Disability Ministries
Pike Co.: Greater New Jersey Committee on Disability Concerns
Rhode Island
New England Conference Disabilities Committee
South Carolina
South Carolina Conference, no committee
South Dakota
Dakotas Conference, no committee
Tennessee
East: Holston Conference, Disability Concerns Committee
Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference Disability Concerns
Texas
Eastern: Texas Conference, Disability Concerns
Central Texas Conference Resource Team on Accessibility
Northwest: Northwest Texas Conference, no committee
North Texas Conference, Committee on Disability Concerns
South: Rio Texas Conference, no committee
Utah
Mountain Sky Conference Disability Visions — Ability Matters
Vermont
New England Conference Disabilities Committee
Virginia
Virginia Conference Commission on Disabilities
Washington
Pacific Northwest Conference: Disability Ministries Committee
Washington, DC
Baltimore-Washington Conference Commission on Disability Concerns
West Virginia
Panhandle: Baltimore-Washington Conference Commission on Disability Concerns
West Virginia: West Virginia Conference Disability Ministries
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Conference: no committee
Wyoming
Mountain Sky Conference Disability Visions — Ability Matters
Central Conferences (Worldwide)
According to the UMC website, "Outside the U.S., annual conferences are organized in seven central conferences. The central conferences are composed of equal numbers of lay and clergy members. They connect annual conferences for common ministry, adapt regulations as the conditions in the respective regions may require, and elect bishops (Book of Discipline, ¶ 31) and fix their tenure." As the Disability Ministries Committee, we strive to make these lists as accurate and complete as possible. If you find any inaccuracies, or wish to suggest an addition, please contact us.
Did you know ... ?
The UMC breaks up the United States annual conferences into geographic regions called Jurisdictions. Then those regions are divided into episcopal areas where a bishop lives in and presides over the work of one or more annual conferences.