While we are primarily meeting virtually, we have placed a pause on our Partnering Congregations program. We are grateful to all of the congregations who have supported us in the past, and we look forward to relaunching this program when we return to in-person events.
The Center for Leadership Excellence offers the opportunity for our Conference’s churches to become a part of something bigger. Become a Partnering Congregation in the Center’s vision of growing and deepening clergy and laity leadership across the NC Conference.
There are four levels of giving, renewed annually. Each level supports the Center in its initiatives and gives the pastor plus a team (clergy or laity) complementary admission to Days of Learning for a year.
- $3000 for the pastor plus a team of 12
- $2000 for the pastor plus a team of 8
- $1000 for the pastor plus a team of 4
- $500 for the pastor plus a team of 2
A special thanks to our 2018 and 2019 Partnering Congregations:
- Genesis UMC, Cary
- Hayes Barton UMC, Raleigh
- North Raleigh UMC, Raleigh
- Wesley Memorial UMC, Wilmington
- White Plains UMC, Cary

In addition, we would like to acknowledge those congregations who have partnered with us in the past:
- Aldersgate UMC, Durham
- Apex UMC, Apex
- Centenary UMC, New Bern
- Christ UMC, Chapel Hill
- Duck UMC, Duck
- Edenton Street UMC, Raleigh
- First UMC, Cary
- First UMC, Morehead City
- First UMC, Roanoke Rapids
- Holland’s UMC, Raleigh
- Newland UMC, Elizabeth City
- Pinehurst UMC, Pinehurst
- Richlands UMC, Richlands
- St. Luke UMC, Sanford
- Swansboro UMC, Swansboro
- Trinity UMC, Jacksonville
- University UMC, Chapel Hill
- Wake Forest UMC, Wake Forest
- West End UMC, West End
- Wrightsville UMC, Wrightsville Beach