on june 10, 2015 it was announced that the voting members at the 2015 west michigan annual conference had voted in favor of joining with the detroit annual conference to create a "new michigan area conference." pastor glenn m. wagner of grand haven and rev. marsha woolley of northville were selected as co-chairs of the new conference. the final vote tally follows: 551 yes and 83 no. as stated in the approved legislative materials, the new conference shall be established no later than january 1, 2019.