• Board of Ordained Ministry 1992-1997
  • At the 2000 Jurisdictional Conference, he was assigned to the Houston Area. During those 20 years, she served on the General Council on Ministries and the General Board of Church and Society. From left, Bishops Karen Oliveto and Warner Brown look on. Bishop Merrill is mother to Joe Sisto, a graduate student at Boston University, and Caroline Sisto, an undergraduate at Texas State University.
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    He has also served on the Board of Directors of numerous institutions.

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    He is a child of the church, the first son of Mrs. Adele Washington Norris and the late Reverend L.H.P. Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey was born on May 5, 1959, in Big Spring, Texas.
    He is a co-author of a chapter in the seminary textbook, Pastor As Educator, and his book, Affirmations of a Dissenter, was published in December, 2002, by Abingdon Press.
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    He has served as adjunct faculty at both Ohio United Methodist seminaries. He was Moderator of National Synod for 11 years and President of the Executive Committee of L´Église du Christ au Congo ("The Church of Christ in Congo") for 12 years. Sally Forbes and Tom Bickerton were married on August 16, 2003. However, none of these values are accomplished alone. Swanson travels the Mississippi Conference teaching, “We are one Church in 1,030 locations.”

      4 Uger med Fokus på Dit Liv (with Ole Birch) Jerusalemskirken 2007, Dagslys, Boedal 2006 (contributes with 18 devotions), Salmer & Sange hymnal for Metodistkirken i Danmark, Kurerforlaget 2006 (editor Christian Alsted), Worship Change to Reach Non-Christians in Traditional Danish Evangelical Free Church, Dissertation, Asbury Theological Seminary 2002., I medgang og modgang - om parforhold og seksualitet (with Lars Ulrik Jensen), Med Liv og Sjæl – Gudstjeneste for alle aldre (with others) MNUR 1993.

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      Bishop Sandra L. Steiner Ball was elected to the episcopacy by the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 2012.
      Degree from Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN – 1986

      Bishop Hagiya has served as a full-time Professor at the Claremont School of Theology, teaching in the area of Religion and Society and Urban Ministries.  He has remained as an Adjunct Professor at Claremont for the last 25 years, and currently teaches Religious Leadership and United Methodist studies classes. 

      Neil retired in September 2004 after serving as resident bishop for the New Jersey Area (1984-1996) and for the Harrisburg Area (1996-2004). Besides his service in this very diverse Episcopal Area, Patrick Ph. Prior to his election to the episcopacy, he was a delegate to four General Conferences of the United Methodist Church and five North Central Jurisdictional Conferences.  

      Born on Good Friday in 1958, in the aptly named community of Babylon, N.Y. Bishop Oliveto grew up in her local United Methodist Church, being active in Sunday School and the youth group, believing from an early age that God was calling her into ministry. . 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.
      From January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022, Bishop Bard was also the interim bishop for the Dakotas-Minnesota Area, supervising the Minnesota Annual Conference.

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      . The bishop has chaired the Board of Governors at Wesley Theological Seminary, led delegations to General Conference, and served on the Commission on a Way Forward and the team that created the Protocol of Grace and Reconciliation through Separation. For 12 years, Bishop Schol served as the Executive Director of the Frankford Group Ministry in Philadelphia. It was here that faith and leadership were nurtured and strong values of hard work, honoring diversity, and grace were formed.
      degree in Religion and philosophy. He then became the Minister of First Methodist Church in Reidsville, North Carolina, before moving to the Dilworth Methodist Church in Charlotte, followed by a move to Central United Methodist Church in Asheville and on to Myers Park United Methodist Church, Charlotte.

      Bishop Arthur Kulah is a retired Bishop of The United Methodist Church, having served from 1980-2000.

      W. in Physical Education), Scarritt College and Graduate School (M.A.

      Ken Ehrman and Sally Dyck met in Boston and were married on May 15, 1976.

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      Bishop LaTrelle Easterling is the episcopal servant and leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, the oldest and most diverse annual conference in The United Methodist Church. She is the first woman to lead this historic conference. After his retirement in 1996, C.P.

      Bishop Haller served eight years on the Board of Ordained Ministry in the West Michigan Conference, including four years as chairperson. Ordained Ministry
      Ken was first elected to Jurisdictional Conference in 1980. Prior to her election in 2016, she held a distinguished record of service in the North Georgia Conference including her appointment as district superintendent of the Atlanta-Decatur-Oxford District in 2010. Benjamin Michael Watson was elected to the episcopacy by the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 2000 and was assigned to the South Georgia Area. From 1992 to 1996 she was president of the Commission on the Status and Role of Women. Bishop Fannin has participated on the faculties of Schools of Christian Mission around the Southeastern United States for many years. Bishop Mary Ann McDonald Swenson is a Retired Bishop of The United Methodist Church, having served from 1992-2012.
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      Bishop Khegay is married to Vika Nogay.

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      Bishop Deborah Lieder Kiesey is a retired Bishop of The United Methodist Church, having served from 2004 to 2016.

      An ordained minister in the Kansas West Conference of The United Methodist Church, Bruce graduated from Wichita East High School: from Friends University, Wichita; and cum laude, from Drew University School of Theology, Madison, New Jersey.
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      Bishop Alfred Johnson was born to Earl E. and Cora Johnson in Philadelphia, PA. Prior to his election as bishop in 2004, Schnase served for 15 years as senior pastor of First United Methodist Church, McAllen, Texas.  The congregation became known for reaching younger generations, bicultural ministry, and for its extensive mission and outreach.  He also served congregations in Harlingen, Texas, and in Great Britain.
      Likewise, he has served in a variety of roles including youth minister, associate minister, and lead pastor.  

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      He received an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from Bacone College in 2009.
      degree in December 1958. During that time the church led an ecumenical response to the issue of homelessness in the city, became a reconciling congregation, and developed a beloved community of non-profit partners that served families with children. In 1992 he was named by Iliff as its fifth Distinguished Alumnus.

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    He was born in Jinja town, Uganda, East Africa. You can reach our virtual bookstore, in association with Cokesbury, clicking on the image below. In 2013, she received a Doctor of Ministry in Church Leadership Excellence from Wesley Theological Seminary, in Washington, D.C. She was commissioned an elder by Bishop Gregory Vaughn Palmer and ordained an elder by Bishop Charles Wesley Jordan, while Bishop Palmer took time away to attend his son’s graduation.
    From 1974 to 1985 he was the editor of "Church and World", a weekly magazine of the L`MC in Switzerland. Charlene was married to Leigh Kammerer on August 29, 1970.

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    Ordained Elder, North Texas Conference, 1981
    At the 1984 meeting of this Central Conference, Arthur Flumo Kulah was elected for life, and served until his retirement in 2000. He opened two congregations in Nairobi. After that, and during the churches' process of pacification of Angola, he was transferred in 1994 to work for the Angola Council of Christian Churches, as Director of the Department of Justice, Peace and Reconciliation. and a Ph.D. from Drew University.
    Tim was ordained deacon by Bishop Edward Pendergrass in the Mississippi Conference and elder by Bishop Mack Stokes in the Mississippi Conference. He shares life with his spouse, Jazelis Adorno, and their children, Fabián, Joel, Marcos, and Valeria. 

    The physical structures of the churches where he was appointed were improved, and facilities and equipment were purchased. After 7 years at North Gardena, Bob moved to the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference in 1984. degree. He continued his studies, earning the Doctor of Theology degree from the University of Tübingen in 1971; his doctoral dissertation was published in German under the title: Rechtfertigung und Gemeinde (Justification and the Church), 1982.
     

    They attended Gbarnga School of Theology in Liberia and Nhanala was ordained a deacon in 1989.

    Besides serving a large church in Matola, a suburb of Maputo, Nhanala has coordinated women's projects for the Mozambique church and led a World Relief HIV/AIDS program designed to mobilize churches for education and advocacy in Mozambique's three southern provinces.   Active
     
    She was the chairperson for the Council of Bishops Initiative on Children and Poverty from 2000 until 2004.

    João taught African Theology, Philology and Bantu ethics at the Ricatla Seminary.

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  • He currently serves in a faculty appointment to Vanderbilt Divinity School as Professor of Pastoral Leadership.
    She chairs the Dean’s Advisory Council of The Candler School of Theology and serves on the Board of Governors at Wesley Theological Seminary.


    He served as a pastor in the congregations of Baden, Zurich-Wipkingen, Thalwil and Zofingen until 1989. They are committed to a ministry of inclusion that begins at home.
    After receiving an A.B. J. Charles Merrill, and maternal grandfather were both Methodist pastors, and she grew up deeply affirmed by the local churches they served. Before becoming a bishop, he served as a global missionary in Southeast Asia for 4 years (2018-2022) as a country director.
    She has been the chairperson of the Holston Conference Board of Ordained Ministry and the chairperson of the Conference Council on Finance and Administration. He served as a Jurisdictional Conference delegate in 1976 and a General Conference delegate in 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996. She was serving as senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Birmingham in the Detroit Annual Conference when she was elected to the Episcopacy.

    The organization led the community in developing better race relations and provided social services, community arts, and community economic development. at Drew Theological School. He was ordained Deacon by Bishop Willis J.

     
    in Sociology, 1969.)  He served on the UMC Commission on a Way Forward.  He is a frequent teacher and speaker at churches, conferences, and seminaries.

    Bishop Domingos, the son of João Domingos Manuel and Inês José Gonçalves, was born in Luanda, Angola.  He married Lucretia Manuel Alexandre on December 16, 1983 in Luanda.

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    He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin (1973), a Master of Theology from Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University (1978) and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Texas Wesleyan University (2005).

    Nhanala is married to another United Methodist pastor, the Rev. Dick was first elected a delegate to the General Conference in 1988 and then to successive General Conferences, 1992-2004. He spent his early childhood in Crenshaw, Mississippi, before moving with his family to northern Indiana. ----------------------------------------
    In 2015, his book, “A Faithful Church, and a Healthy World: Reflections and Poems,” was published by the Iowa Conference of The United Methodist Church to support The United Methodist Church’s ongoing-initiative Imagine No Malaria. Sermon by Pastor Anna Camphouse. Bishop Carcaño was born in Edinburg, Texas. 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. Their children are: daughter, Elisabeth and two sons, Geir Thomas and Trond Christian. Oklahoma Episcopal Area
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    He also served as a member of the African Church Growth and Development Committee of the GBGM.
    He obtained additional education in Pastoral Supervision (ABV).

    Bishop Holston earned his Master of Divinity in biblical studies from The Interdenominational Theological Center, Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga., in 1983. Bishop Shelton enjoys music, deep friendships, restoring/reclaiming historic homes, and beach sunrises and sunsets.
    Then he went to seminary for four years in Mulungwishi.  
    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.

    All three are married and live in the Oslo region. 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. 

    They have two grown sons, Garret and Miles.

    . In 1956 he came to the US on a student visa sponsored by the Spanish American Institute, a Methodist institution located in Gardena California, and obtained an A.A. degree from Compton Junior College and a B.A, degree from California State University in Long Beach.
    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. He developed and led two initiatives, Communities of Shalom and Holy Boldness. Carlo attended Wesley Divinity School in Cabanatuan City, Philippines where he finished his Master of Divinity, magna cum laude, in 2003. In 2015 to 2022 Stefan Zürcher was appointed District Superintendent of the District Northwestern Switzerland by Bishop Patrick Streiff. ------------------------

    While at ITC, Talbert became President of the student body during his middler year, while serving a two-point charge in Tennessee. He has traveled widely and has preached throughout the world.
    He has lectured for many institutions and seminaries in Congo and abroad.

    Lunge was appointed to different offices in the church including district superintendent of Kinshasa and assistant to the bishop in Kinshasa.

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  • His last appointment was as Senior Pastor of Lexington First Church (Mother of Kentucky Methodism). He has also served on the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, and the General Board of Global Ministries. ------------------------

  • In December of 1998, Shelton was appointed as Executive Director and preacher for The United Methodist Hour of MS television and radio broadcast that reached across the Southeastern United States.

  • She was ordained deacon (1988) by Bishop F. Herbert Skeete and elder (1990) by Bishop Susan M. Morrison.
    Dr. Jean Hawxhurst has been elected as President of the Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC), an organization of 10 member denominations, who hold visible unity, racial equity and theological dialogue among their top commitments.

    Mueller remained in north Texas, serving pastoral appointments at First UMC Richardson, Brewster Memorial and McKenzie Memorial UMC, First United Methodist Church Roanoke-Trophy Club-Westlake, First UMC Denton and First UMC Plano. He was assigned to the Florida Area.
    His father was the pastor of McKinley M.E.  
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    He was a local pastor for 12 years, Cagayan de Oro, Malaybalay, Bukidnon, Bayombong and Solano, Nueva Vizcaya Chaplain, Children's Garden, Taytay, Rizal College Director/President, Aldersgate College, Solano, Nueva Vi zcaya District Superintendent (6 years) in South Isabela, Nueva Vizcay a, and Quirino Dean of Academic Affairs (8 years), UTS, Cavite Faculty member, UTS, Cavite Part-time Professor, Graduate School of Education, PCU, Cavite Exchange Pastor, Tarzana, CA, USA, 1997 President, Methodist Youth Fellowship, Mindanao, 1959-1961; Member, Evangelistic Team, NVQIW, UMC, 1971-1978 Principal Delegate to the Philippines Central Conference, 1972- 2000.

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    Sandra Carder Nash and her husband, Kyle, have two daughters, Katelyn and Emily, and a son Michael; and they live in Columbia, SC. ------------------------
    In 2008, he was assigned to the New York West Area (Western New York Conference and North Central Conference). Chair, Board of Ordained Ministry Residency Committee, 1996-2004

    Swanson is a sought after preacher, workshop leader and lecturer. He has presented to people in Japan, Korea, Brazil, Russia, Estonia, Chile, Canada, the Holy Land, Egypt, Liberia, Sudan, Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe and throughout the United States.

    Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Malone is the daughter of the late Rev. She has also served on several United Methodist General Conference related bodies including the Committee on Our Theological Task, the Connectional Process Team, the Study Committee on the Relationship of The UMC with the Autonomous Methodist Churches of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters, the Commission on the General Conference, and the United Methodist Immigration Task Force as well as the Council of Bishops Immigration Task Force.
    From 2013 to 2023 he was chair of the working group Theology and Ordained Ministries and as such a member of the Executive Committee of the CC CSE and a delegate to the Central Conference since 2009.
    He did his Librarianship studies at Protestant University of Central Africa / Yaoundé (Cameroon), and received a Ph.D. in Theology from UPAC Yaoundé / Neuchâtel (Switzerland).

    He has been a high school teacher, coach, principal, and local school superintendent. As chairperson of the Oakland Inter-religious Network for responding to this disaster, Warner led the community's ecumenical disaster response.

    He has also held a wide range of positions within the Russian United Methodist Church over the past dozen years.
    It was in her fifth year as Cleveland District Superintendent that she was elected to the episcopacy in July, 2004, by the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. She focused on properties in Texas, Colorado, Arkansas, and Louisiana. 
    Carolyn Adele McKeithen and Richard were married on September 3, 1957.
    CP Church & Ministries | Thursday, March 10, 2022 UMC places outspoken liberal bishop on leave after 2 complaints are filed against her By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Bishop Minerva Carcao of the San Francisco Episcopal Area preaching a sermon in 2015. Deb first felt a call to the ordained ministry while a student at Boston University School of Theology and she earned her Master of Divinity degree there.

    He represented the Executive Committee of the Council of Bishops at the 2012 General Conference of the Malaysia Methodist Church in Kuala Lumpur.

    He credits his loving and praying parents and his home church, Tindley Temple UMC, with giving him a strong foundation in the Christian faith.

    They have three grown children, Mark, Kristin, and Rebecca, and three grandchildren.