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She then moved to the position of Director of Missional Excellence for the Texas Annual Conference, serving from February of 2008-May 1, 2010.
 
  • Delegate to General Conference UMC 1996-2000
  • He co-chaired the continuing Dialogue between the United Methodist Church and the Roman Catholic Church from 1996-2000.
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  • In July of 2022, the MS Conference Cabinet embarked on an experiment. He is the father of two, Rachel Schwerin Kuschewski and Andrew Schwerin, as well as four grandchildren.

    Bishop Keaton and his wife, Beverly, have been blessed with three children: Jonathan II and his wife Lisa reside in Illinois with the Bishop and Mrs. Keaton’s two granddaughters, Maliah and Amara.

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    Bishop Eduard Khegay is the Resident Bishop of Eurasia Episcopal Area in the Northern Europe and Eurasia Central Conference of The United Methodist Church.


    But not everyone can be as open as I can. Chair, Task Force to present proposed constitutional amendments to the North Texas Annual Conference, 2009

    Bishop Ough is past president of the Ohio Council of Churches and has been involved with the Minnesota Council of Churches during his years in the Dakotas- Minnesota Area.

  • Doctor of Ministry, Asbury Theological Seminary, KY, USA 1999-2002
  • Bishop Schwerin was assigned to the Northern Illinois Annual Conference, effective January 1, 2023.
    As of September 1, 2021, Bishop Schol also serves as the Interim Bishop for the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference - Philadelphia Episcopal Area.   
    More than 3,000 of The Woodlands Methodists 14,231 members voted in a Sunday afternoon meeting. Over a million copies of his books have been sold. He served churches in western Pennsylvania from 1954 until his election as bishop.
    For 14 years, he served as senior pastor for the Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington.



    He was elected bishop in 2016 at the South Central Jurisdictional Conference.
    His interests include movies, reading, jogging, and playing with his grandchildren. 

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    William T. (Bill) McAlilly is the bishop of the Nashville Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church.

     

    She served pastorates at Marvin Memorial United Methodist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Emmanuel United Methodist Church in Beltsville, Maryland. After World War II, the Sanos returned to California, and their family was reunited after the war. He received D.D.

    Although she was baptized and confirmed as a Catholic her father's religion, Nhanala also attended her mother's Methodist church. Bishop Haller retired on January 1, 2023.
     

  • A multi-generational network of faith communities that embrace all people as beloved children of God and allow them to live to their full God-given potential.
  • Earl enjoys fishing, hunting, reading, technology, and traveling with family.

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    He has participated in many organizations and activities in the denomination and in the communities, he has served. Member, Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, 1984-1992; Secretary, 1988-1992
    Other honors for Bishop Wilson include the Excellence in Teaching Award for adjunct faculty at Oklahoma City University in 2012, the Dr. John Edwards Memorial Leadership Award in 2016 by the AARP, and “Man of the Year” by the Changing Winds Cultural Society in 2017.
    More than 2,400 across the nation have done the same.

    Bishop Fairley had served the North Carolina Conference since 1984 and his last appointment in North Carolina was serving as the District Superintendent of the Capital District. He currently serves as Chair of the Division of Higher Education of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.  

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    His has served as local church pastor in the southern part of Norway for the following congregations: Egersund; Bergen Central, as youth pastor (50%) and Bethany Hospital as hospital chaplain (50%); Halden; "pastor in charge" in Strömstad, Sweden; Skien; Kjølberg; Oslo Immanuel. ------------------------
    The nations second-largest Protestant denomination has lostover 2,000 churchesthrough disaffiliation since taking a stiffer stance against same-sex weddings. ----------
    Prior to that appointment in 1987, he served as pastor at:

    Innis was ordained deacon in The United Methodist Church in 1989 and an elder in 1991. He was elected and consecrated a bishop by the same jurisdiction in 2008 and served eight years as the resident bishop of the Iowa Conference of The United Methodist before his current assignment to Indiana.
    Chair, North Texas Conference Ministry Center Building Committee, 2003-2007
    She left the church for seven years and came back to be its first Black, female, openly gay pastor, and she joins us now from Phoenix. The UMC General Conference is set to consider a proposal to split the denomination based on differing opinions regarding bans on the ordination and marriage of Sandra, the daughter of Edward J. and the late Marjorie W. Steiner, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and raised in Milford, Delaware.  She is a graduate of Dickinson College, (B.A.

    After retiring in 2000, Solomon served as the Bishop in Residence at McMurry University.  He also served as President of the Texas United Methodist College Association.

    In 2015, she was once again voted to lead the delegation to the 2016 General and Jurisdictional Conferences.
    Craig Spurlin, 66, former pastor of Providence Baptist Church in Anniston, died Aug. 2. 70 churches dissafiliated at our 2022 AC out of 800.
    S. Clifton Ives was elected to the episcopacy by the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1992 and assigned to the West Virginia Area. After serving in the Illinois Area for four years, he was assigned to the West Ohio Annual Conference in July 2012.

    He has served as President of the General Board of Church and Society [1984-1988], and as President of the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns [1988-1996].
    William Boyd Grove was elected to the episcopacy by the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1980 and was assigned to the West Virginia Episcopal Area [1980-1992] and the Albany (NY) Episcopal Area [1992-1996]. Alfred W. Gwinn, Jr., was elected to the episcopacy by the Southeast Jurisdictional Conference in 2004 and was appointed Bishop of the North Carolina Conference/Raleigh Area.

    He was born in Farmington, Maine, and as the son of a United Methodist minister. In 1992 and 2000 he was elected delegate to the Africa Central Conference and then in 2004 he served the church as the clergy delegate and head of delegation for the Zimbabwe East Annual Conference.
    In 1986 he was appointed Pastor of Union United Methodist Church, Belleville, Illinois, from which he was elected to the episcopacy by the North Central Jurisdictional Conference in 1988.
    Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. He is the first graduate of Africa University to be elected bishop and the youngest episcopal leader in the central conference.

      Bishop Ruby-Nell M. Estrella was elected a bishop in The United Methodist Church in November 2022. He was appointed as President of the Africa Central Conference for four years, continuing as leader of the East Angola Annual Conference.


    She later graduated from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary. from Union Theological Seminary, in New York City, an M. Th. Bishop Lewis has offered her gifts to The United Methodist Church in a variety of ways. After serving as a District Superintendent for seven years he returned to the local church in 2012 as Lead Pastor at Saint Francis in Cary, NC. 

    He served as President of the General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits from 1992-1996. Developing new leaders
    Last weekend, over 400 Methodist churches in Texas voted to leave their parent denomination, the United Methodist Church (UMC). He was a delegate to three Jurisdictional Conferences and two General Conferences.

     
    Margaret and Mike have two children: Benjamin (Ben) Lee Watson and Elizabeth Margaret Watson and three grandchildren.

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    Bishop Peter D. Weaver is a Retired Bishop of The United Methodist, having served from 1996-2012.

    Norris was a delegate to the General Conferences of 1976, 1984, 1988 and 1992 and was elected to lead the Louisiana Conference Delegation in 1992.

    Bishop Williamston has one son Jerome Jr., daughter-in-law Mercedes and seven grandchildren. He served as a trustee of Willamette University, the University of Puget Sound and the Iliff School of Theology.
    She is married to Lamarr V. Gibson, and they have three children: Garvey, a registered nurse; Amon, an educator; and Afi, a banker; and twelve grandchildren.

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    Bishop Paul L. Leeland is a retired Bishop in The United Methodist Church. He was elected to the episcopacy in 2008 by the Southeastern Jurisdiction and retired in 2021.
    From 2008-2012, Bishop Kula served as interim Bishop in Nigeria.
    He was assigned to the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area (Alaska, Oregon-Idaho and Pacific Northwest Conferences).
    He was Headmaster and teacher at Cambine Theological School, and served pastorates at Malhangalene, Cambine and Machava. Talbert married Marilyn W. Magee April 1, 2000.
    He may not have become a member of the armed forces, but he answered the call to become God’s soldier.
    He was also tapped as a regular speaker and lecturer in different local churches, institutions, and community programs and activities. Trustee, Glen Lake Camp Campus Ministry Committee

    Bishop Ott was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended the following schools:
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    Kinshasa: Éditions CÉDI, 2017. Bishop Estrella holds the distinction of being the first and, so far, the only woman district superintendent of the Philippines Annual Conference.  She has served as DS under four bishops spanning a period of more than ten years.  It was under her term that the first United Methodist Church in the Middle East was organized, The First United Methodist Church Dubai.  She was also the first woman administrative pastor of the Central United Methodist Church in Manila, after 115 years of existence.  Before being elected as Bishop, she served as the treasurer of the Philippines Central Conference, the first clergy to be elected in that position.
    They make a home with their two sons Karl Caleb and Titus Carl. Ratified disaffiliations are effective Dec. 31, 2022, if the church completes all parts of the agreement by that date. During his ministry and after his leaving the United Methodist ministry in the Frankford community rehabilitated or built more than 200 housing units and served more than 20,000 people a year.
  • Member of Leadership Alabama
  • The data was compiled through a UM News review of U.S. annual conference reports and reports from the 17 special annual conference sessions. In addition to dialogue between science and theology, Ken has special commitment to Wesley studies, prison ministries, racial and economic justice, and ministry with those who live in poverty.
    Cliff was first elected to General and Jurisdictional Conference in 1972 and then to successive General Conferences 1976-92. Prior to his election to the episcopacy, he served as the Senior Pastor at churches in Berkeley, Gardena, and Los Angeles, California as well as the Los Angeles District Superintendent and Dean of the Appointed Cabinet of the California Pacific Annual Conference. In 1995 Joel was honored with the Perkins Distinguished Alumni Award.
    She met her husband, Jack, at Oklahoma State University and they were married on October 15, 1961.
  • Pleasant Prairie UMC, Pleasant Prairie, WI
  • Bishop Plambeck has served in rural, county, and urban centers and in extension ministry as a college chaplain. Bishop Israel Maestrado Painit
    He was graduated summa cum laude from Millsaps College with a B.A. He was on staff and was given his first appointment at Hixson United Methodist Church in the Chattanooga area where he served for 11 years.

    A Future With Hope nonprofit corporation was also started to respond to Superstorm Sandy and the United Methodists have repaired more than 273 homes using more than 12,000 volunteers from 48 states who donated 300,000 hours of volunteer service and raised more than $17 million for this five-year effort.

    During this period he served the Epworth Church in the Tennessee Conference. ------------------------

    He combines both academic and pastoral activities in his Christian ministry.
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