Reverend Jim Ozier. Center for Connectional Resources. The Center for Connectional Resources provides administrative services for the churches of The North Texas Conference. These services include the central treasury, pensions, health insurance, property and liability insurance, and others. The Center Director is Reverend Jodi Smith. Institutions (owned by or with a strong relationship with the North Texas Conference) Dallas Bethlehem Center Bridgeport Camp & Conference Center C.C. Young Home Methodism's Breadbasket Methodist Medical Center of Dallas Project Transformation Prothro Center at Lake Texoma Southern Methodist University (including Perkins School of Theology) Texas Methodist Foundation Wesley-Rankin Community Center Wesley Village ZIP Code Connection Statistics 2014 Membership: 141,827 2014 Number of Churches in Conference: 301 2014 Number of Counties: 20 2016 General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference Delegates The following delegates were elected at the 2014 North Texas Annual Conference held in June 2014 for the 2016 General Conference on May 10–20, 2016, in Portland, Oregon, and the 2016 South Central Jurisdictional Conference on July 13–16, 2016, in Wichita, Kansas. Clergy Delegates to General Conference Jan Davis, First UMC Rowlett Clayton Oliphint, First UMC Richardson Jill-Jackson Sears, Lake Highlands UMC, Dallas Dr. Ronald Henderson, North Central District Superintendent Don Underwood, Christ UMC, Plano Lay Delegates to General Conference Tim Crouch, First UMC Denton Linda Parks, Conference Lay Leader, Northwest District Kelly Carpenter, Lovers Lane UMC, Dallas Ricky Harrison, First UMC Richardson Richard Hearne, University Park UMC, Dallas Clergy Delegates to Jurisdictional Conference Owen Ross, Christ’s Foundry, Dallas Joe Stobaugh, Grace Avenue UMC, Frisco Lisa Greenwood, Texas Methodist Foundation Ouida Lee, Church of the Disciple, DeSoto Tim Morrison, Custer Road UMC, Plano Lay Delegates to Jurisdictional Conference Gretchen Toler-Debus, Oak Lawn UMC, Dallas Daniel Soliz, Elmwood UMC, Dallas Sally Vonner, First UMC Grand Prairie Henry Lessner, Assoc. Conference Lay Leader, North Central District Timmy Clark, First UMC Rockwall Alternates Clergy: Andy Stoker, First UMC Dallas Derek Jacobs, The Village, DeSoto Holly Bandel, Stonebridge UMC, McKinney Lay: Herman Totten, Trinity UMC, Denton Serena Echert, Conference Secretary of Global Ministries Don Wiley, Lovers Lane UMC, Dallas Key Conference Leaders Bishop Michael McKee Bishop Michael McKee, Bishop effective September 2012 Extended Cabinet of North Texas Conference Center Directors (see listed above in Centers section) District Superintendents (see listed above in Districts section) Delegates to 2016 General Conference / Jurisdictional Conference (see listed above in Delegates section) Linda Parks, Conference Lay Leader effective July 2012 See also Annual