The NC Annual Conference is further subdivided into 8 smaller regions, called "districts," which provide further administrative functions for the operation of local churches in cooperation with each other. This structure is vital to
Methodism, and is referred to as
connectionalism. The Districts that comprise the North Carolina Conference are: • Beacon • Capital • Corridor • Fairway • Gateway • Harbor • Heritage • Sound Prior to July 2012, the North Carolina Conference had 12 districts. • Burlington *Durham [https://web.archive.org/web/20161018084623/http://www.durhamdistrictumc.org/ • Elizabeth City *Fayetteville [https://web.archive.org/web/20060828162042/http://www.fayettevilledistrictumc.org/ • Goldsboro • Greenville • New Bern *Raleigh [http://www.nccumc.org/raleighdistrict • Rockingham *Rocky Mount [https://web.archive.org/web/20061005151456/http://www.nccumc.org/rockymount/default.htm • Sanford • Wilmington ==See also==