The United Methodist has a connectional organizational structure that encourages clergy and laity to serve together to achieve the mission of the church, which is “making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.”  Please review these roles and responsibilities from www.UMC.org and Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation: 

• Church Council:  The church council exists to create a strategic plan for a local congregation. Therefore, its primary work is one of leadership rather than management. This is an important distinction to make. Leadership is the visionary, "big picture" work that assesses critically where the congregation is at the present moment, where God is calling it to be in the future, and what resources will be required to move from the current reality into the desired reality. Management is the essential "detail work" that must be accomplished on a daily basis to make the congregation effective.  For more details,  [ click this link ]
  
  
• Lay Leader and Lay Member to Annual Conference:  The Lay Leader and Lay Member to Annual Conference are key roles in linking the vision and plan of the congregation with the ministry of the Annual conference and in nurturing cooperation and coordination of the pastor and congregation in leadership.   For more details, [ click this link ]
  
  
• Staff Pastor-Parish Relations Committee (SPRC):  The Staff-Parish Relations Committee is the administrative unit in a local church where staff and congregational interests are integrated to focus on the mission of the church. The "Pastor-Parish Relations Committee (PPRC)" is truly a Staff-Parish Relations Committee (SPRC) because the committee relates to all staff, both bishop-appointed staff and employed staff and volunteers.  The S/PPRC has some of the same functions of a personnel office or Human Resources department in other organizations.  The S/PPRC has primary responsibility to work with staff so that the mission of the church is realized. The S/PPRC should have a clear understanding of your local church's mission and vision, built upon the mission of the wider Church. Clear understanding of your church and prayerful listening to God's direction will guide both the development of job descriptions and the assessment of staff.  For more details,  [ click this link ]
  

• Finance Committee:  The job of the committee on finance is to identify, perfect, and manage the finance system for the congregation. The finance system is the processes of raising, managing, and dispersing the finances so that the mission and vision of the congregation can be achieved.  For more details, [ click this link ]

• Trustees Committee:  The board of trustees supervises and maintains all property belonging to your congregation so that the ministries of the congregation can be effective. The committee is entrusted to see to the proper keeping of God's house as a way to honor God and to facilitate the ministry of the local church. The primary purpose of the church building and facilities is to enable the vision and ministry of the congregation. Good stewardship, common sense, and prudence dictate that the church, parsonage, facilities, property, equipment, furnishings, and other physical property be well maintained. A physical plant that is "well groomed" and attractive is much more welcoming, safe, and hospitable than one that shows signs of benign neglect. We honor God when we care for what has been entrusted to us.  For more details, [ click this link ]

• Lay Leadership / Nominations:  The charge conference elects members for the committee on lay leadership (formerly nominations and personnel). It is a committee or team that serves throughout the year to guide the church council on matters regarding the lay leadership of the congregation to engage in growth and development as disciples of Jesus Christ, to focus on mission and ministry as service, to guide the development and training of Christian spiritual leaders, to recruit, nurture, and support persons in their elected roles, to assist the church council in assessing changing leadership needs.  For more details,
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  United Methodist Women:  For more details, [ click this link ]
  
  United Methodist Men:  For more details, [ click this link ]
  
  United Methodist Youth: For more details, [ click this link ]