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This year's conference is being held at the Ebenezer Methodist Church in Belize City, and 7News stopped by to speak with the participants. The President of the Methodist Church in Belize told us that while they are pleased with the work being in the areas of education and growing the membership, there is a lot more that the church wants to do:

Roosevelt Papouloute - President, Methodist Church in Belize
"Every year the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas meet in its different districts for annual conference. Lately, we have made decisions that some districts will meet in council. Last year we met in council, this year we are meeting in conference. It's an opportunity for the church, its leaders, to meet together and discuss the business of the church, receive reports on the past year, make plans for this year and the year ahead. So that's what we are doing this week. In the past year we were focusing on what is very dear to our heart which is education and that's always one of the very important aspects of our ministry."

"We are looking at our mission in the congregations. We want to increase our membership."

Daniel Ortiz
"Is the Methodist Church happier or contented or pleased with the influences it has had in Belizean culture at this time or do you see areas where you want to improve?"

Roosevelt Papouloute
"We are very happy as to our involvement in the life of the community, of the nation. The Methodist Church has been here since 1825. We have been the pioneer in education, in mission and evangelism along with the other denominations that have been in Belize as well. So, we are proud of our weaknesses, but at the same time we have much more to be done. The country has grown, the issues we deal with are much more complex and so we have to do more."

The Conference finishes tomorrow.