The Michigan Conference series includes materials of the Michigan Conference of the United Church of Christ which relate to the United Northern Association or are important to the understanding of the organization of the church. Included here is the constitution of the Michigan Conference, a copy of the Restructure Proposal implemented on the state level between 1976 and 1979, and papers concerning the Olivet committee, which was concerned with church affiliated colleges.
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This record group contains both the records of the Grand Traverse, Lake Superior, and Cheboygan Associations prior to restructuring, and the records of efforts leading to the formation of the United Northern Association. Despite the absence of the early records of the Grand Traverse and Cheboygan Associations, this record group documents attitudes concerning the denominations which fused to form the United Church of Christ, as well as the organizational restructuring which occurred in the late 1970s.
The records of the Northern Association of the United Church of Christ are divided into five series: Michigan Conference, United Northern Association, Grand Traverse Association, Lake Superior Association, and Cheboygan Association.
The United Northern Association series contains by-laws, files documenting the formation of the Northern Association, correspondence, and minutes of annual meetings and executive board meetings.