Southern Conference of the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches

The Southern Conference of the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches is the regional unit of the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches encompassing Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. There are 31 churches in the conference. The Bible Methodist Connection was formed in 1967 by congregations of the Wesleyan Methodist Church that did not want to join in the new, more centralized, Wesleyan Church behing formed by the union of the Wesleyan Methodist Church with the Pilgrim Holiness Church. Initially the Southern Conference was known as the Alabama Annual Conference of the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches because it included only congregations from Alabama. Over the years, congregations in other states were added and confereces referred to as "regional" rather than "annual." In 2019 the geographic name was changed as well from Alabama to Southern.

The conference maintains the Southern Bible Methodist Conference Center and Camp Meeting at 1355 Chula Vista Drive in Pell City.

Current Birmingham-area congregations include:

• Ada Chapel Bible Methodist Church, West Blocton
• Brent Bible Methodist Church
• Faith Bible Church, Coaling
• Golden Grove Bible Methodist Church, Pell City
• Hazel Green Bible Methodist Church
• Pell City Bible Methodist Church
• Tarrant Bible Methodist Church
• Tuscaloosa Faith Bible Church, North Coaling
• West Blocton Bible Methodist Church

Former Birmingham-area congregations included:

• East Lake Bible Methodist Church

External link

• Southern Conference website

References

• Parker, John (2019) "The Alabama Conference Has a New Name." Vol. 31. No. 3 The Bible Methodist P. 14.
• Wikipedia contributors, "Bible Methodist Connection of Churches," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed June 5, 2024).