Northern California Nevada

The Northern California Nevada Conference is one of 38 Conferences of the United Church of Christ, USA. NCNC comprises 119 full-member congregations, 10 churches in care, and 3 churches in preliminary exploration, 373 ordained ministers, 5 commissioned ministers, and 3 licensed ministers. We have 56 persons-in-care, preparing for ordained or commissioned ministry. The Conference covers 137,094 square miles, from the Oregon border to the southern boundaries of the California counties of Monterey through Inyo; from the Pacific Ocean east to the 117th meridian in Nevada; and is grouped into 6 Associations.

Korean, Japanese, Samoan, English, Tagalog, Spanish, Cantonese, and American Sign Language are regularly spoken in worship in our congregations. Twenty-six of our full-member congregations and eight of our in-care congregations affirm an ethnic identity: 4 African American, 2 Chinese-American, 8 Filipina/o-American, 2 Japanese-American, 1 Korean-American, 17 Samoan. Seven others are intentionally and effectively multi-racial/multi-cultural in their constituency and their approach to worship and ministry. Sixty-six of our congregations are declared open and affirming. A Multi-Racial/Multi-Cultural Transformation Team is at work to enhance the diversity of our life as a Conference. We are in mission partnership with the Christian Church/ Disciples of Christ Region.