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photo by Patrick Scriven for WJ Communications This article originally appeared on the Western Jurisdiction website. The Rev. Sandra K. Olewine, assistant to the bishop in the California-Pacific Conference, has been elected a bishop by The United Methodist Church’s Western Jurisdiction. Delegates elected Olewine, 66, on
photo by Patrick Scriven (PNW) for the Western Jurisdiction. Rev. Dr. Judy Chung (Cal-Pac) withdrew her episcopal candidacy shortly after the results of ballot 12 were announced this afternoon. She shared: “It is well with my soul, and I pray that it will be well
This article was originally shared on the Western Jurisdiction website. The Rev. Kristin Stoneking, United Methodist studies professor at the Pacific School of Religion, has been elected a bishop by The United Methodist Church’s Western Jurisdiction. She is the denomination’s third openly gay and married
photo by Patrick Scriven (PNW) for the Western Jurisdiction. Rev. Molly Vetter (Cal-Pac) withdrew her Episcopal Candidacy this morning, saying that the Western Jurisdiction is “a place where creative, thoughtful, groundbreaking, holy, inclusive, beautiful, justice-centered, gospel-focused work happens. Let’s do this together.” We’re thankful for
The 2024 Western Jurisdictional Conference is currently underway in Spokane, Washington. The following are resources to follow developments, news, and stories emerging from the gathering:
From the Western Jurisdiction Committee on Episcopacy (WJCOE), July 5, 2024 Introduction The United Methodist Church is journeying through a time of significant change and we are living into that new reality. The historic 2020/2024 General Conference mandated the distribution of 32 bishops in the
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 3, 2024 The Western Jurisdiction (WJ) learned today that it must elect two bishops when delegates gather for the 2024 jurisdictional conference next week (July 10-13) at the Centennial Hotel in Spokane, Washington. The news arrives after weeks of waiting and growing speculation. The
The Greater Northwest Area warmly extends an invitation to Spokane, Wash., for the 2024 Western Jurisdictional Conference as it gathers July 10-13. This year’s theme is “Love Without Limits,” based on 1 John 4:7-21. The conference will conclude a busy conferencing season, including the postponed
October 2, 2023 A covenant relationship begun by newly elected bishops over 20 years ago is still going strong today. Bishop Warner H. Brown was elected in 2000 along with Bishops Jose Quipungo and Gaspar João Domingos, both from Angola, and they discussed a conference-to-conference
September 4, 2023 Bishop Melvin Talbert died on August 3rd at the age of 89. One of seven children born to sharecropper parents in rural Louisiana, he was ordained a pastor in 1963 into a segregated Methodist church. He was elected and served as bishop
