The General Association of the Congregational Ministers and Churches of Michigan was formed on October 12, 1842. In 1908, the name of the statewide association was changed to “conference” while the regional conferences formally became “associations.” As a result, the statewide association became the Michigan Congregational Conference. Likewise, the conference that covered the Detroit metropolitan, which had been in existence since 1887, became the Congregational Association of Detroit. In 1932, following the formation of the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches at the national level in 1931, the Michigan Conference was renamed to the Michigan Conference of Congregational Christian Churches (also sometimes called Michigan Congregational and Christian Conference). In 1964, following the formation of the United Church of Christ at the national level in 1957, the Michigan Conference reformed as the Michigan Conference UCC. As a part of that process, the Detroit Association formally joined with the Michigan Conference UCC and became known as the Detroit Metropolitan Association. Both Conference and Association continue to exist today.