The NC Annual Conference is further subdivided into 8 smaller regions, called "districts," which provide further administrative functions for the operation of local churches in cooperation with each other. This structure is vital to Methodism, and is referred to as connectionalism. The Districts that comprise the North Carolina Conference are:
Beacon
Capital
Corridor
Fairway
Gateway
Harbor
Heritage
Sound
Prior to July 2012, the North Carolina Conference had 12 districts.