title: District Conference
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  In many Methodist Churches, a District Conference is a unit of church organisation with respect to hierarchy.
  
  ## Evangelical Wesleyan Church
  
  In the Evangelical Wesleyan Church, district conferences are required to be held thrice a year. It is presided over by a bishop. It grants and renews licenses to preach, recommends suitable local preachers to the annual conference, recommends suitable deaconesses to the annual conference, among other responsibilities.
  
  ## Primitive Methodist Church
  
  In the Primitive Methodist Church, a district superintendent presides over the district conference.
  
  ## United Methodist Church
  
  In the United Methodist Church, district conferences consist of clergy from the district, as well as lay delegates from each pastoral charge. It is presided over by a District Superintendent.
  
  