Committee on Native American Ministries (CONAM) contacts

Many annual conferences have a Committee on Native American Ministries (CONAM), which seeks to advocate for ministry with and by Native Americans and to share the diverse culture, history and traditions of Native peoples. The committees determine the distribution of the Native American Ministries Sunday offering, coordinate the promotion of that Special Sunday, and monitor Native American ministries within the annual conference.

Baltimore-Washington Conference

www.bwcumc.org/ministries/advocacy/native-american-ministry

California-Nevada Annual Conference

www.cnumc.org/CONAM

California-Pacific Conference

www.calpacumc.org/conam

Dakotas Annual Conference

www.dakotasumc.org/ministries/native-american-ministries

Desert Southwest Conference

www.desertsouthwestconference.org/native-american-ministries

Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

www.epaumc.org/tag/conam

Florida Conference

www.flumc.org/nativeamericanministries

Great Plains Annual Conference

www.greatplainsumc.org/nativeamericanministry

Indiana Annual Conference

www.inumc.org/nativeamericanministries

Louisiana Conference

www.la-umc.org/nativeamericanministries

Michigan Area Annual Conference

http://michiganumc.org/ministries/michigan-area/native-american-ministry

Minnesota Annual Conference

www.minnesotaumc.org/nativeamericanministryactionteam

North Alabama Conference

www.umcna.org/postdetail/456364

North Carolina Conference

http://nativeamericanministries.org/conam

North Georgian Conference

www.ngumc.org/nativeamericanconcerns

Northern Illinois

www.umcnic.org/ministries/witness-advocacy/native-american-ministries

Peninsula-Delaware

www.pen-del.org/committeeonnativeamericanministriesconam

Rocky Mountain Conference

www.rmcumc.org/nativeamericanministries

South Carolina Conference

www.umcsc.org/home/ministries/advocacy/native-american

Tennessee Annual Conference

www.tnumc.org/nam

Upper New York Conference

www.unyumc.org/ministries/conam

West Virginia Conference

wvumc.org/News/2016/CONAM-Gathering-2016

Wisconsin Conference

https://www.wisconsinumc.org/native-american

Yellowstone Conference

www.yacumc.org/conam

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