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The North Alabama Conference was organized December 11, 1878 at Alabama, with Bishop James Levert Davis presiding. During this joint
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Florence, Alabama, in the courthouse, with Bishop Jabez Pitt Campbell meeting, the Conference Boundaries Committee gave
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On December 5, 1898, the North Alabama Annual Conference met at motion was carried by the North Conference. The resolution from the
on Sunday! R Striving to always moving forward with excell Birmingham District -Presiding Elder W. H. Mixon; Florence District- was made by Rev. R. J. Rumley and seconded by Presiding Elder
that time, the following Presiding Elder Districts were in operation: presented by Mrs. Betty West. The motion to adopt the resolution
Presiding Elder N. L. Edmonson; Blocton District-Presiding Elder A. W. Myers Hawkins. The motion was carried and the Northwest Alabama
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Atwater ; Montevallo District-Presiding Elder W. W. Warren; Anniston District-Presiding Elder P. G. Simmons; Jasper District-Presiding Elder
Conference, consisting of three Presiding Elders districts was born. The three Presiding Elders appointed were: Rev. Dwight E. Dillard,
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the secretary at this Annual Conference. Bishop Fountain elevated to Calhoun, and Hale. Gaines Chapel, Anniston and Oak Grove, Newell
Presiding Elder Dr. General Randall Polk and commissioned him to were added from the old East Alabama Conference. Other Presiding
sday! R Encouraged to always moving forward with excellen in effect today it would be in it’s 101st year of existence. Conference are: Rev. Willis N. Huggins, Sr., West Birmingham-Ensley-
build the West Alabama Conference. Were the West Conference still Elders who have or are now serving in the Northwest Alabama
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In 2008, the Conference Boundaries Committee was formed Ensley-Greensboro District; Rev. Albert Lee Hezekiah Hyche, South
consisting of eight persons from each Presiding Elder District to study Birmingham-Huntsville-Bessemer District; Rev. Dwight E. Dillard,
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realignment of the Annual Conferences in the state of Alabama. New
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lines. In 2009, the North Alabama Conference and the West Alabama
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