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Prior, he served as pastor of two Kingsport area churches, St. Matthew and Mountain View United Methodist. 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. Casey is married to her husband Bryan, and they reside in Kingsport with their son Brooks and daughter Lucy. He is a graduate of Bethany College B. He served churches in western Pennsylvania from until his election as bishop.

He retired from the active episcopacy in From , Bishop Grove served as Ecumenical Officer of the Council of Bishops, the first person to hold that office. Luke, which is committed to liturgical and sacramental renewal. He has traveled widely and has preached throughout the world.

Bishop Alfred W. Gwinn, Jr. He has pastored rural, town, inner city, and urban congregations, as well as an African-American congregation. Worship attendance more than doubled and it became the largest congregation in the conference. He was a General Conference Delegate in , l, l, and , and head of the delegation in Both families live in Lexington, Kentucky. His most recent pre-Episcopal appointment was as the Executive Director of the Center for Leadership Excellence, a joint position between the California-Pacific Annual Conference and the Claremont School of Theology, where he served as the Director of Leadership for the annual conference and a faculty member at the Claremont School of Theology.

Prior to her election as bishop, she had served on the Michigan Area Committee on the Episcopacy. She was chosen to participate in the Academy of Preaching and was the recipient of a Clergy Renewal Grant from the Lilly Endowment in Hardt in San Antonio, Texas. Following the death of his father, he served there another year. Frank Smith, he joined the Texas Annual Conference. John Hardt served four other pastorates in the Texas Conference, each one involved with a major building program.

In after serving at First United Methodist Church, Beaumont, Texas, for eighteen years, he was appointed District Superintendent of the Houston East District, where he was elected to the episcopacy by the Jurisdictional Conference in He was assigned to the Oklahoma Area.

He has served as a trustee of St. He has been active in Rotary International and has traveled extensively. Martha Carson Hardt passed on August 22, Ed Lesko , William C. Eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren were also part of their main circle of love and pride. The Louisiana Annual Conference is composed of congregations and , members and includes the entire state of Louisiana. The vision and mission are undergirded by Core Values: integrity, accountability, unrelenting love for all people, courage, and risk, and holding nothing sacred but the mission.

She continues to draw upon the vision and mission at every opportunity. Bishop Harvey also has a passion for young people as they lead the church into a future filled with possibilities. She focused on properties in Texas, Colorado, Arkansas, and Louisiana. She and her husband, Dean Alan Harvey, were married in Dean is a financial advisor and owns his own firm. They love to cook but can also give you recommendations for the best restaurants from Houston to Baton Rouge, and wherever their travels have taken them.

Dean is an excellent chef while Cynthia is at his side as his sous chef taking care of clean-up duty! Susan has served as pastor of local churches in Fleetwood, Springfield, and Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania. Additional ministerial appointments have included a term as a District Superintendent, local church consultant and Director of the Office of Resourcing in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference.

Elected to Jurisdictional Conferences from , she was also a delegate to General Conferences from She was a federal law clerk and a litigator with the Tampa law firm of Carlton, Fields before she answered her call to ministry. She served on the Board of Ordained Ministry for nine years and helped shape the development of the Center for Clergy Excellence. Allen Johnson. They have a daughter, Samantha. Hayes, Jr. Robert E.

Hayes, Sr. Following in the tradition of his grandfather and father, Bob is the third generation of Methodist ministers in his family. Growing up in a Methodist parsonage, the call to ministry came early, and at age 13, Robert gave his life to Christ. He later completed his D. After receiving an A. Hearn was also Secretary of the Louisiana Annual Conference. He was President of the Board from He was assigned to the Nebraska Area for In , he was assigned to the Houston Area where he served until his retirement in Anne Hearn passed on December 17, James United Methodist Church in Atlanta for seven years before his episcopal election.

Prior to that, he served as superintendent of the Atlanta-Decatur-Oxford District from After marrying Elaine M. Smithson in , he attended Indiana University, receiving a B. He was ordained deacon and elder in the North Indiana Conference. He was elected to the episcopacy in July at the North Central Jurisdictional Conference and assigned to the Minnesota Area for eight years. He learned to know Jesus Christ and grew to love the church through the ministry of Wahiawa United Methodist Church in the plantation town of Wahiawa.

While in seminary, Bob was named a Crusade Scholar and ordained deacon in After graduating from seminary, Bob was appointed to serve the North Gardena United Methodist Church and was ordained elder in Galvan, Bob was appointed Seattle District Superintendent until his election to the episcopacy in July of by the Western Jurisdictional Conference.

Upon election to the episcopacy, he was assigned to the Portland Area , and in was assigned to the Phoenix Area Desert Southwest Conference then reassigned in His general church assignments have included the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry ; and the General Board of Church and Society , president Hughes, Sr.

His father was a Methodist minister. In he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity by his alma mater, Randolph-Macon College.

They have four children: Christine Layman Mrs. Joseph M. Neal E. Michael A. Bob is a retired United Methodist pastoral counselor. Their younger son, David, died in an accident when he was thirteen. Humper is a retired Bishop of the United Methodist Church, having served from He was ordained deacon and elder by Bishop Benjamin A.

He was assigned to the Sierra Leone Area and served there until his retirement in He attended the University of Oklahoma where he began as an accounting major. Upon accepting the call into ordained ministry, he changed his major and graduated with a BA in Philosophy. Bill received his M. His first appointment was to found a new church in Hobbs, New Mexico. He was elected on the first ballot and headed the clergy delegates in , , and They have two sons, John and Mark.

He obtained his B. During the height of the Liberian Civil War which started in December , the mission station became a place of refuge for thousands of displaced persons. The campus remained opened until when it was raided by rebels and Rev.

Innis was severely beaten and almost killed in the process. Arthur F. Innis was ordained deacon in The United Methodist Church in and an elder in After receiving an M. He earned both the M. During this period he served the Epworth Church in the Tennessee Conference. He was an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana for three years and then transferred to the West Virginia Annual Conference where he was pastor of the Chapel Hill Church in Buckhannon, as well as a part-time assistant professor at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

He was later appointed asthe Romney District Superintendent. He was elected to the episcopacy in by the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference. Currently, he is on the Board of Trustees of Lycoming College. He was a member of the WMC presidium, serving until He was also one of five international religious representatives to attend the state dinner sponsored by Queen Elizabeth II on the previous evening for visiting international heads of state and the British representatives.

In Pennsylvania, he serves as the chairperson of the Future Action Team and is a member of the governing board of the Pennsylvania Council of Churches. Personal interests are pipe organ, piano, and hiking. He has been published as a writer of articles for magazines and books. In , he married Susan Thomas. Susan has two children, Jim and Elizabeth. Susan and Neil make their home in Mechanicsburg, PA. Clifton Ives was ordained both deacon and elder by Bishop James K.

In he was elected President of the General Board of Church and society. Clifton Ives was elected to the episcopacy by the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference in and assigned to the West Virginia Area. Upon his retirement in , Cliff and Jane returned to Maine, now living in Portland. He enjoys running, gardening, swimming, sailing, skiing, carpentry, and mountain climbing.

His special interest in world missions has led him twice to Haiti as a volunteer in mission, as well as to Russia, Africa, and Argentina. He credits his loving and praying parents and his home church, Tindley Temple UMC, with giving him a strong foundation in the Christian faith.

He went on to receive a B. Albright and Centenary Colleges granted him honorary doctorates in Divinity and Humane Letters, respectively.

From he served as district superintendent over a section of Philadelphia. She passed in March of Peggy Johnson Retired Northeastern Jurisdiction. She taught elementary vocal music in Baltimore County Public Schools for two years. During this time, she felt a call to ministry, specifically with deaf people and people with disabilities.

Peggy met her husband, Michael C. Johnson, at the seminary and they graduated together. Mathews and elder by Bishop D. Frederick Wertz. In her early ministry, she served a four-point country charge in Frederick MD, as a campus minister for Gallaudet University a leader in higher education for deaf persons located in Washington, DC , and as co-pastor, with her husband, Mike, of Lansdowne United Methodist Church, in Baltimore, MD. She earned her Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Theological Seminary and taught deaf and disability courses as adjunct faculty at the seminary.

Peggy A. From to he served as pastor of three congregations in North Texas. In he was elected a bishop by the South Central Jurisdictional Conference and assigned to serve as the resident bishop of the Kansas Area as of September 1, In the Nebraska Conference was added to his area and he led the creation of the Great Plains Conference which included the UMC congregations of both states.

Beginning September 1, , he serves as resident bishop of the Texas Annual Conference. He also serves as bishop of the United Methodist missions in Laos and Thailand. Jordan and Naomi Harper Jordan. His father was the pastor of McKinley M. Church in Dayton. He has participated in many organizations and activities in the denomination and in the communities, he has served.

He was elected to five General Conferences and chaired his conference delegation twice. He was a member of the General Board of Church and Society, , and served as president, He also served as trustee of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and was elected a life trustee in He was assigned as the bishop of the Iowa Area, where he served until his retirement, September 1, He also organized the Philippine Emmaus Walk.

Lurleen Lapuz Juan, have two children. He was instrumental in inspiring the Harvest movement in Northern Illinois, which resulted in many new faith communities. He also served as pastor of congregations in California, Texas, and South Korea. He also holds an M. Benjamin Justo Retired Philippines. Justo is a retired bishop of The United Methodist Church, having served from He was assigned to serve the Baguio Episcopal Area, and served there until his retirement in She was ordained deacon and elder in the Florida Conference.

Kammerer was elected to the episcopacy in , and assigned to the Western North Carolina Conference of the Charlotte Area. She served there until , when she was assigned to the Virginia Conference. Her long-time interests in ministry include higher education, mission involvement, and the spirituality of administration. She has led Disciple Bible study groups, retreats and taught in Schools of Mission. They have one son, Christopher Hal.

Charlene and Leigh have been partners in ministry since being students together at seminary. After attending primary schools in Kolwezi and Likasi, Kainda went to high school in Mulungwishi. He holds degrees from the theological school in Mulungwishi and the theological school in Kinshasa, where he received his M.

At this time he was assigned to do pioneer pastoral work in a rural area of Zaire. After two years he became District Superintendent in Kaniama and Murung. He later taught in the theological school at Likasi and left this position to work on his M.

He is assigned to the Southern Zaire Area. From , he served as the resident bishop of the Michigan Area, which includes the Detroit and West Michigan Conferences. Prior to Michigan he served as the resident bishop of the Ohio East Area for eight years. Ammons and Bishop Ernest S. He was ordained as a United Methodist elder in He has continued an affiliation with mission and educational ministries in that area.

Lyle and Betty Lieder. She is the middle child of five. Her father served, and therefore she lived, in a variety of places in Iowa, including Hornick, Sioux City, Odebolt, Eagle Grove, Spencer and Mason City, where she graduated from high school. Pleasant, and Iowa City. In she was appointed to the Waterloo District and served there until her election to the episcopacy in by the North Central Jurisdictional Conference and appointed to the Dakotas Area. Throughout her ministry she has had the privilege of serving on a wide range of committees and boards, including the Board of Trustees for Iowa Wesleyan College, Morningside College and Dakota Wesleyan University.

After serving 8 years in the Dakotas Area, she was assigned to the Michigan Area in July until her retirement. Bradley Kiesey, an attorney from Washington, Iowa who passed in They were blessed with two adult sons, Joel and Aaron. King, Jr. Kenneth Goodson. He served over a year as director of the Wesley Foundation at Tennessee State University before being named associate director and then director of the Tennessee Conference Council on Ministries.

In , he was appointed superintendent of the Murfreesboro District, and in he was named pastor of the 4, member Brentwood church. He is a five-time delegate to General Conference.

King was elected to the episcopacy by the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference on July 12, at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, and assigned to the Louisville Area where he served until , when he was assigned to South Georgia until his retirement.

The couple has two sons and a daughter. Walter Klaiber Retired Europe. From till he has been one of the Presidents of the World Methodist Council. His newest book in English is Justified before God Abingdon forthcoming. Arthur Kulah Retired Africa. As the eldest son of a tribal chief, Arthur spent his early years, together with the rest of the family, in farming and other rural activities. He then became District Superintendent of the Gbarnga District.

He was ordained both deacon and elder by Bishop S. Trowen Nagbe and joined the Liberia Annual Conference. Paul School of Theology, receiving an M. He again went to the United States to receive both an M. At the meeting of this Central Conference, Arthur Flumo Kulah was elected for life, and served until his retirement in From , Bishop Kula served as interim Bishop in Nigeria.

On February 16, , they were married. At the end of the civil war in , the Kulahs adopted 27 homeless and parentless children. Degree from Millsaps College, and his B. While a student at Millsaps, he was a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Fraternity and received the Galloway Medal for the best sermon preached by a ministerial student.

He was ordained deacon by Bishop Arthur J. Moore and elder by Bishop Marvin A. Lee award to be given annually to an individual who has given meritorious service to pension work within the denomination.

Bishop Lee was also named as the first recipient of the award. During the quadrennium, he served as chairperson of The Appalachian Development Committee. He is now retired and living in Jackson, Mississippi. There are eight grandchildren, 4 boys and 4 girls. She was ordained deacon by Bishop Dwight E. Loder and was ordained elder by Bishop Edsel A. A graduate of United Theological Seminary M. She was appointed to serve Residence Park United Methodist Church, Dayton, Ohio, and then served as assistant to the dean for educational administration at Methodist Theological School.

Lee served as chair of Black Clergywomen of the United Methodist Church and has been a member of a number of annual conference committees including the Board of Ordained Ministry. She has served as a speaker for numerous schools, retreats, and conferences, and is a two-time delegate to General Conference.

She is a contributing writer in several publications and has served as an adjunct professor of spirituality at Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit, Michigan. Her first assignment was to her home area of Michigan, an unusual action which had not occurred for 40 years and that required special action of the Jurisdictional Conference.

Linda Lee was assigned to the Wisconsin Area in , after one quadrennium of service in Michigan. Gibson, and they have three children: Garvey, a registered nurse; Amon, an educator; and Afi, a banker; and twelve grandchildren.

As a member of the North Carolina Conference, he served small, medium, and large membership churches. He served as the District Superintendent of the Goldsboro District. He was elected as a delegate to General Conference in , , and He has served on general conference boards and agencies. They have three married children: Rebekah, Nora, and Paul Andrew. They have four grandchildren: Ryon, Joshua, Andrew, and Madeline.

Lewis, resident bishop of the Richmond episcopal area, became the first African-American woman to be elected bishop in the Southeastern Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church in While there, her visibility as a strong spiritual and pastoral leader propelled her into numerous leadership roles in the local community, including Hands on Henry County and Many Hearts, Many Hands McDonough.

Her ministry here culminated as she received the Harry Denman Award for Evangelism in as well as the G. Ross Freeman Leadership Award. In , she was once again voted to lead the delegation to the General and Jurisdictional Conferences. A graduate of Mercer University B. She has led mission experiences to Jamaica, Kenya and the Philippines. The family moved to Carterville, Illinois, and Bill grew up and attended public schools there, except for a WWII interlude when his father followed the defense industry and the family lived for a while in Metropolis, Illinois, and Knoxville, Tennessee.

During the next two years he continued his graduate studies at Vanderbilt University and completed his Ph. He was assigned to the Dakotas area and served there until his retirement in Their three children, Becky, Connie, and Brad, are married and all three families live in Edwardsville, Illinois, where Bill and Janet now make their home in retirement. There are seven grandchildren. Pulpit exchanges have been enjoyed in England and Australia and work missions shared in Peru, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

He was assigned to the newly-created South Georgia Area, where he served until his retirement in Carolyn died in Prior to that, he was senior pastor at University United Methodist Church in San Antonio, which grew from 4, to 5, members during his tenure. While serving at the Executive Director for New Church Development and Transformation in the Southwest Texas Conference, he led a successful conference capital campaign to fund new church starts.

He received the B. Princeton Theological Seminary awarded him the Th. He later transferred to the Southern New Jersey Conference, where he served three pastoral appointments: St.

This pastorate was followed by a seven-year term as District Superintendent of the Raritan District. He served as a Drew University Trustee from to , when he was elected as a trustee emeritus.

In he was assigned to the West Virginia Area until his retirement. He also served a second two-year term as secretary of the Council of Bishops. He holds the B. He was Assistant to the Bishop at the time of his election to the episcopacy. Bishop Machado was assigned to the Mozambique area where he served until his retirement in Malone was elected to the episcopacy in Malone was district superintendent of the Chicago Southern Region and was dean of the Northern Illinois Conference Cabinet when she was elected to the Episcopacy in Willie and the late April Smith.

She received her call to ministry at the early age of Martin, Joel held membership in the Rio Grande Conference until his election to the episcopacy in In he was re-assigned to the San Antonio Area where he served until his retirement in He reads and writes church history with an emphasis on the contributions of Hispanics to the ecumenical church.

He enjoys reading, playing golf, and spectator sports - especially track, baseball and football. His home church, Cumberland UMC, had a pivotal influence on his life.

At Cumberland, he was one of the community developers in the first wave of the Black Community Developers program of the General Board of Global Ministries. Matthew in the Baltimore-Washington Conference. He became an assistant pastor at Asbury UMC in Washington, where he continued as an associate for two years after his graduation from Wesley.

Upon graduation, he served as pastor of Jones Memorial UMC in Washington, DC, where he oversaw the building of a new sanctuary and established a community development program. Matthews was appointed District Superintendent of the Baltimore East District and in was appointed Conference Council Director, a position he held until being appointed Washington West District Superintendent in He was serving in that position when he was elected.

Matthews was elected as a bishop of The United Methodist Church on July 14, , by the Northeastern Jurisdiction on the first ballot. He was elected in to the Board of Directors of Africa University and he is currently the chair of the Board.

His interests include movies, reading, jogging, and playing with his grandchildren. Likewise, he has served in a variety of roles including youth minister, associate minister, and lead pastor. He also is Co-Chair of the Endorsing Committee. He and his wife Lynn have been married since He was a delegate to both the Southeastern Jurisdictional and the General Conferences in , , and He served from as a member of the Division of Ordained Ministry of the Board of Higher Education and Ministry, and he chaired the Division of Ordained Ministry from He was a member of the General Commission on Archives and History from , and he served as President from He is a trustee of Duke University.

Prior to his election, he served for thirty-three years as a member of the Western North Carolina Conference, where he was appointed to churches with memberships from 35 to members. In , he was assigned to the Charlotte Area Western North Carolina Conference where he served until his retirement in Bishop Glen R. Phillips ordained him deacon and elder in the Rocky Mountain Annual Conference. He was a General Conference delegate in and For 34 years Cal McConnell was married to Dr. Mary McConnell who died in ; their family includes two sons, their two spouses and three grandchildren.

Cal and Velma Duell were married in December of In he was assigned to the Seattle Area. In he was named by Iliff as its fifth Distinguished Alumnus. In retirement he was a founding member of the ecumenical extension seminary, Northwest House of Theological Studies in Salem, Oregon, where he taught for two years in the area of the formation and practice of spirituality.

He retired from the episcopacy in He also was honored with the Perkins Distinguished Alumnus Award in He was a delegate to three Jurisdictional Conferences and two General Conferences. For 34 years he served as pastor and district superintendent in South Carolina. In he was elected to the episcopacy by the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference and assigned to the Mississippi Area where he served until his retirement in Also, he was president of the Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference, an organization of religious leaders who worked to promote tolerance and understanding in diversity.

In he was a member of the delegation to Belgrade, led by the Rev. He has four children: Jane M. He has ten grandchildren. She spent many years as a stay-at-home mom, active in her church and community in Oklahoma and Connecticut.

She was responsible for Spiritual Life for clergy and laity on Conference staff and was District Superintendent from until her election to the episcopacy. She trained at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and leads retreats and conferences on the spiritual life. After a year in the School of Engineering at the University of Virginia and a year of marine engineering at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, he was employed as an engineer for an electric power company in Lynchburg.

At the age of 23 he felt called by God to the ordained ministry and set out to complete his education. He earned the B. He was ordained deacon and elder by Bishop Paul N. Garber and became a member of the Virginia Annual Conference.

While serving as Pastor of the St. He had completed two years as District Superintendent of the Alexandria District at the time of his election to the episcopacy. He was elected to the episcopacy at the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in He was assigned to the Jackson Area in and was appointed to the Raleigh Area in Prior to his election he served on the General Council on Finance and Administration.

Martin and living in St. She worked as a school psychologist for Anne Arundel County Public Schools for 17 years, serving in leadership roles as a layperson before answering her call to the ordained ministry. Her husband of three years, the Rev. Raphael Koikoi, currently serves as pastor there. Later, they moved to serve a church in suburban Silver Spring, MD, where she went to junior high and high school.

She later served as district superintendent for the Greater Washington Area, and most recently as superintendent of the Baltimore Metropolitan District. She helped to organize United Methodist churches to open their doors and minister to children and families whose schools were closed, and to meet other basic needs.

She became the face of the United Methodist Church, and church volunteers in red T-shirts were visible walking through neighborhoods, praying for and ministering to people. God is in control. After graduation from Drew University, she spent three and a half years as a short-term missionary in Brazil.

Returning to the States, she studied for an M. In she was appointed by Bishop Mathews as Superintendent of the Baltimore Northwest District, during which time she served for one year as Dean of the Cabinet.

The Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference of then elected her to the episcopacy and she was assigned to the Philadelphia Area, where she served for eight years. In , she was assigned to the Albany Area, serving there until her retirement in Mueller was elected to the episcopacy in His call to ministry began to emerge a few years later, while he attended the University of Kansas.

He was ordained an Elder in the North Texas Conference in Together, they have four adult children and spouses, Hailey and Stephen, Nick and Carrie, Kirk and Tiffany and Jeff and Dusty, as well as two adorable granddaughters, Madeline and Claire. Turner Mutti. Central Methodist College and Baker University awarded him honorary doctoral degrees.

He was ordained deacon and an elder by Bishop Eugene Frank. Bishop W. Handy, Jr. During these years he was a delegate to five Jurisdictional Conferences and four General Conferences. He led the General Conference delegation in , and In retirement, he serves as a member of the coordinating Council of Churches Uniting in Christ.

His father had two wives and 16 children. He is the first graduate of Africa University to be elected bishop and the youngest episcopal leader in the central conference. Emerito Nacpil Retired Philippines. Nacpil was born in Tarlac, the Philippines. Beginning with student appointments, Emerito served local churches. Bishop Nacpil has also been very active in ecumenical affairs, serving on both the Faith and Order Commission and the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches.

Nacpil on April 16, , when he was finishing his theological training at Union Seminary. Drawn to the youth programs, she became active in the Methodist church as a teen-ager. Eugenio Tomas, and they have four adult children. The family then moved to Kenya, where she attended Limuru University and received a bachelor of divinity degree in She speaks five native languages, as well as Portuguese and English.

Nhiwatiwa was elected to the episcopacy in He served a number of churches and more at Old Mutare Mission where he served from In Eben was one of the pioneering professors at the newly-established Africa University in the Faculty of Theology where he lectured in Pastoral Theology. Eben was the Conference Secretary for the Zimbabwe Annual Conference from to and then in the same capacity for the Zimbabwe East Annual Conference from to In and he was elected delegate to the Africa Central Conference and then in he served the church as the clergy delegate and head of delegation for the Zimbabwe East Annual Conference.

They have two daughters Mable and Nyasha. Norris, Sr. He is a child of the church, the first son of Mrs. Adele Washington Norris and the late Reverend L.

Educated in the public schools of Louisiana, he received his high school diploma from the Southern University Laboratory School, Baton Rouge. Several other institutions have bestowed honorary degrees upon him. He has been the guest preacher or lecturer at numerous other conferences, seminars, church services and religious activities nationwide.

He was a delegate to the World Methodist Conference each quinquennium since At the Jurisdictional Conference, he was assigned to the Houston Area. He and his wife, Mackie L.

The Norrises reside in Jonesboro, GA. His father is deceased, but his mother Kahole Julienne is still alive. He has been a Christian since childhood. He went to secondary school in Lubumbashi for six years.

Then he went to seminary for four years in Mulungwishi. He opened two congregations in Nairobi. She is the first woman to be senior pastor at Glide, the fifth largest United Methodist congregation in the U. She is the first woman to serve as senior pastor in one of the denominations largest U.

My dream is that we live boldly as the body of Christ. The two regional conferences that comprise the area, the Rocky Mountain Conference and the Yellowstone Conference, are in the process of creating a new annual conference under the name Mountain Sky. He was elected to the episcopacy in March of , and served the Nordic and Baltic Area until his retirement in All three are married and live in the Oslo region. The Olsens have three grandchildren: Nicolai, Hannah and Natascha.

Fama Onema Retired Africa. He had his secondary school and theological education in Africa, and was ordained deacon by Bishop Newell Booth. He was active in his annual conference, including serving as secretary. He was also Director of the Pastors School, Director of a secondary school and in, , became professor at the ecumenical theological school in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

After , he was assigned to the Central Congo area. He has lectured for many institutions and seminaries in Congo and abroad. He was elected a delegate to the General Conferences of and the North Central Jurisdictional Conferences of He served the Council as Retiree Corespondent Prior to his assignment to the Dakotas-Minnesota Area, he served for 12 years as the resident bishop of the West Ohio Area. He received his undergraduate degree from George Washington University, and later earned his Master of Divinity degree from Duke University.

He was ordained deacon by Bishop James M. Thomas in the East Ohio Conference. Prior to that he had been a district superintendent, and had served churches in both Ohio and North Carolina. He was the organizing pastor of the James S. In he was assigned to the Illinois Area. He served as President of the Council of Bishops from He received his D. During his tenure on staff of the conference, he was instrumental in raising funds for building a Memorial Chapel in memory of Henry G.

He was District Superintendent when he was elected bishop. He was elected a delegate to the General Conference in and Pennel, Jr. Ordained deacon and elder by Bishop Marvin A. Franklin, Joe served parishes located in rural areas, university settings, inner cities, and the suburbs. The congregations ranged from 25 to and were all in the Memphis and Tennessee Conferences.

He served as Youth Director of the District of Quela. Paulo, Brazil. At the same time, he was appointed to preside at the Annual Conference of East Angola. Bishop and Mrs. Quire, Jr. Quire Sr, and Lucy N. He served as administrative assistant to the Bishop. She graduated from North Central College in with a B. During that time she did graduate work at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University.

She later graduated from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary. Adrian College conferred an honorary doctorate in From , she was a member of the West Michigan Conference Program staff with responsibilities for Global Ministries, New Church Development, and advocacy groups.

At the time of her election to the episcopacy, she was the Grand Rapids Michigan District Superintendent. He was also ordained during this period Advanced training courses on the management of social organisations and time management together with staff leadership and mentoring have qualified him to play a major role in developing and running the Church Leadership course. This course model provides probationary pastors in local church ministry with intensive mentoring during their second phase of training after completing their theology degrees.

While Superintendent for the Reutlingen District, he also chaired the Committee for New Mission later: church planting group for church planting projects and activities involved in establishing new churches, also playing a major role in setting up and organising the Youth Church Karlsruhe.

He did his college work at Oklahoma City University B. He holds a L. He was active in conference affairs, serving as Chairman of the Board of Ordained Ministry, as well as civic organizations. He gave the Britt Lectures in Honolulu in In he was assigned to the newly created Fort Worth Area where he served until his retirement in They have two daughters: Mary Margaret Mrs. William Layton and Deborah Ann Mrs. Louis Cordaro.

Their son, John Garrett, died in Under his leadership, the conference focuses on the four pillars of a robust ministry and witness for Jesus Christ in the Wesleyan tradition: Love God; proclaim Christ; serve others, especially the poor; and seek justice. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, and a former high school teacher, high school football coach, and businessperson. As a pastor, he focused his ministry on intentional spiritual practice and formation, developing a lay apostolate, and giving people the tools and encouragement to move out of generational poverty.

They have four children, all of which are active in the life of the church. He and Maye have nine grandchildren. His parents had emigrated from Japan, and were converted to Christ upon the death of their third child. The family moved to Pennsylvania, under the sponsorship of a Quaker family. It was during this time that Roy felt a call to the Christian ministry and accepted Christ. One brother served in the U. Armed Forces in the Pacific. Another brother, who had been adopted by a maternal uncle in Japan, served in the Japanese Imperial Army and was imprisoned in Siberia, before returning the U.

He was born in Bottmingen, near Basel, Switzerland, where he attended schools in his home town. He was ordained deacon and elder by Bishop Paul Garber. In the years he was appointed District Superintendent. He held a number of leadership positions on conference and church organizations during these years.

Due to his ecumenical activities between the churches in the eastern countries as well as between Western and Eastern Europe, he received the doctoris theolocicae honoris causa from the Theological Faculty of the University in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Schol was elected to the episcopacy by the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference in It was here that faith and leadership were nurtured and strong values of hard work, honoring diversity, and grace were formed. In each of his congregations, worship grew, mission in the community expanded and new disciples were made. This new and emerging cooperative ministry among four United Methodist Congregations went from one staff person to more than 50 staff positions.

The organization led the community in developing better race relations and provided social services, community arts, and community economic development. During his ministry and after his leaving the United Methodist ministry in the Frankford community rehabilitated or built more than housing units and served more than 20, people a year. He developed and led two initiatives, Communities of Shalom and Holy Boldness. The Communities of Shalom initiative started more than 1, sites globally and trained more than 5, people in the church and community development.

The Holy Boldness started an urban training and congregational development movement. As a bishop, he first led the Baltimore-Washington Conference where he led a turnaround of the conference toward health and vitality as he supported the growth of congregations that became Acts 2 churches, which are bearing fruit in the areas of church membership, professions of faith, connectional giving and mission involvement.

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