Tarlac Philippines Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc.

Where we start

By action of the General Conference that convened in May 1984 at Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the Middle Philippines Annual Conference was authorized to divide into two annual conferences during the quadrennium ending in 1984. Thus, a special session of the Middle Philippine Annual Conference was held on December 15, 1984 at Bancal, Guagua, Pampanga for the purposes of carrying out the action of the 1984 General Conference. The two annual conferences that were established were the Middle Philippines Annual Conference and the West Middle Philippines Annual Conference. The West Middle Philippines Annual Conference comprises the provinces of Bataan, Zambales and Pampanga. In the 1997 session of WMPAC, South Tarlac District was formally included as part of the territorial jurisdiction of the WMPAC, per action of the 1996 Central Conference.

In the Regular Session of the Philippines Annual Conference in December 2000, the creation of the Pampango Philippines Annual Conference was approved. To carry out the action, a special session of the WMPAC was held on March 3, 2001 at the New Covenant United Methodist Church, San Fernando, Pamp Read More

What we've been through

Going back to history, Tarlac first belongs to Philippine Island Mission Conference from 1905 to 1908. In 1909 to 1913, it became part of the Central District of the Philippine Islands Annual Conference. The Pampango District was formed in 1914 putting together all Pampango speaking Churches. In 1924, Tarlac District was created to include all churches in the province. However, in 1934-36, the all Pampango speaking churches were joined again as one District and called Pampanga South Tarlac District.

With the establishment of the Philippines Annual Conference in 1936, the Pampanga South Tarlac District was among the districts that comprised the new Annual Conference. In 1961, The Middle Philippines Annual Conference was created with the Pampanga South Tarlac District as member of the new Annual Conference. However, the favour for self governance as a district, became so intense, it petition the Annual Conference to separate South Tarlac from Pampanga.

In 1962, the Middle Philippines Annual Conference approved the separation of South Tarlac as a District. The District was included in the West Middle Philippines Annual Read More

Who we are now

On the 19th Regular Session of Tarlac Philippines Annual Conference, the districts were rearranged, or re-districting, considering majorly the geographical location of the local churches. It is to address the need for sustainable programs through the number of local churches and its distance to compose a district. The re-districting process addresses matters on leadership, and promote peace and unity. Essentially, all existing Districts were abolished and Bishop Rodel Acdal mandates the Disrict Superintendents to render their courtesy resignation. Then, upon all the discussions and decisions done during the conference, the re-districting was came into reality. Four Districts were composed, namely South Tarlac District (Concepcion Area), East Tarlac District (La Paz Area), Southwest Tarlac District (Capas and Bamban Area), and Tarlac City District (Tarlac City Area). The Aeta People’s District was not part of the re-districting because of its preparation to be a Provisional Annual Conference. Read More