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SCJUMC 2016 St Paul Report
SCJ 2016 Retirement Service
2016 South Central Jurisdiction Nominations Report
2016 South Central
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Connectional Table |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
3 | Pete Aguila | LA | Hispanic American | LM | Older Adult | Re-elected |
1 | Emanuel Cleaver | MO | African American | CM | Adult (30-64) | |
4 | Josephine Deere | OIMC | Native American | LW | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
2 | Beverly Jones | NM | White/Anglo | CW | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
5 | G. Miller Wilbourn | AR | White/Anglo | LM | Young Adult | |
Division of Ministry with Young People |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
Adult Worker with Young People | ||||||
Sarah Nichols | OK | White/Anglo | LW | Young Adult | ||
Young Adult | ||||||
Shayla Jordan | GREAT PLAINS | White/Anglo | LW | Young Adult | ||
General Board of Church and Society |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
4 | Chelsea Calderon | NM | Hispanic American | LW | Young Adult | Re-elected |
1 | Rich Jones* | NWTX | White/Anglo | CM | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
2 | Cynthia Johnson* | RIO TX | Hispanic American | LW | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
3 | Cindy Karges | GREAT PLAINS | White/Anglo | CW | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
10 | Sara Martin | OK | White/Anglo | LW | Youth | |
9 | James Mitchell | LA | White/Anglo | CM | Adult (30-64) | |
7 | Cara Nicklas | OK | White/Anglo | LW | Adult (30-64) | |
11 | Danny Soliz* | NTX | Hispanic American | LM | Adult (30-64) | |
8 | Sharon Stewart | RIO TX | African American | CW | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
6 | Chap Temple | TX | White/Anglo | CM | Adult (30-64) | |
5 | Pearl Thomas | OIMC | Native American | LW | Older Adult | |
* Member of Nominating Committee |
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General Board of Discipleship |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
1 | Kim Simpson | CTX | Native American | LW | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
General Board of Global Ministries |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
1 | Tom Junk | OK | White/Anglo | LM | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
2 | Oscar Garza | TX | Hispanic American | LM | Adult (30-64) | |
3 | Kelly Murray-Norman | AR | African American | LW | Youth | |
General Board of Higher Education and Ministry |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
Jessica LaGrone | TX | White/Anglo | CW | Adult (30-64) | ||
General Board of Pensions and Health Benefits/Wespath |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
1 | John Goodwin | NM | White/Anglo | LM | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
4 | Stacie Hawkins | TX | African American | LW | Adult (30-64) | |
2 | Bill Junk | OK | White/Anglo | LM | Adult/Disabled | Re-elected |
3 | Bob Long | OK | White/Anglo | CM | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
United Methodist Publishing House |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
Class of 2020 | ||||||
Ellen Alston | LA | White/Anglo | CW | Adult (30-64) | Previously elected | |
Class of 2024 | ||||||
Todd Burris | AR | White/Anglo | LM | Adult (30-64) | Previously elected | |
Class of 2028 | ||||||
Randy Biggerstaff | MO | White/Anglo | LM | Adult (30-64) | ||
General Commission on Communication/UMCOM |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
3 | Courtney Fowler | GREAT PLAINS | Native American | LW | Adult (30-64) | |
1 | Don Mowery | MO | White/Anglo | LM | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
2 | Rodney Steele | AR | White/Anglo | CM | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
General Commission on Religion and Race |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
1 | Vince Gonzales | NWTX | Hispanic American | LM | Adult (30-64) | Re-elected |
2 | Clifton Howard | CTX | African American | CM | Adult (30-64) | |
General Commission on the Status and Role of Women |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
Mark Norman | AR | African American | CM | Adult (30-64) | ||
General Council on Finance and Administration |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
1 | Reggie Clemons | TX | African American | LM | Elected by General Conference | |
2 | Dustin Petz | GREAT PLAINS | White/Anglo | CM | Elected by General Conference | |
Office of Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns |
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Name | Annual Conference | Race/Ethnicity | Clergy/Lay & Gender | Age & Disability | Notes | |
1 | Vincent Harris | TX | African American | CM | Adult (30-64) | |
2 | Byrd Bonner | RIO TX | White/Anglo | LM | Adult (30-64) | |
South Central Jurisdiction Mission Council |
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Class of 2020 | ||||||
Clergy | Lay Men | Lay Women | ||||
North Texas | Ouida Lee | Arkansas John Crawford | OIMC | Sue Burgess | ||
Great Plains | Rick Just | Northwest Texas Ron Enns | Rio Texas Letty Ortegon (newly elected) |
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Class of 2024 (newly elected) | ||||||
Clergy | Lay Men | Lay Women | ||||
Missouri | Kendall Waller | Central Texas Steve McIver | New Mexico Donna TeBrink | |||
Oklahoma Wendy Lambert | Louisiana Keith Kreutziger | Texas | Sue Sullivan | |||
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Bill Junk (Oklahoma) | ||||||
Statement from the South Central Jurisdiction College of Bishops
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ:
While these can be turbulent times in The United Methodist Church, these are also times of emerging and fruitful ministries. Lay and clergy leaders are creating new ministries to reach new people for Jesus Christ. They remind us of the importance of our collective work to grow the number of vital congregations of The United Methodist Church.
We are also committed to do the work that the General Conference mandated: forming and leading a Commission to “develop a complete examination and possible revision of every paragraph in our Book of Discipline regarding human sexuality” and “to explore options to help the church live in grace with one another – including ways to avoid further complaints, trials, and harm while we uphold the Discipline.” While we acknowledge differences of opinions across the connection, we intend to live out the promise we and our colleagues on the Council of Bishops made in response to the request of the General Conference.
We encourage and invite the people of the South Central Jurisdiction to join us in seeking ways for a variety of expressions of ministries to coexist within one church. Let us remember Christ’s call in Paul’s letter to the Church in Ephesus: “You are one body and one spirit, just as God also called you in one hope. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of all, who is over all, through all, and in all.” (Ephesians 4:4-6 CEB)
Yours in Christ,
The South Central Jurisdiction College of Bishops
Record Number Of Ballots Cast In Wichita
Previous to last Friday the SCJ record for the number of ballots cast to elect a bishop went back to 1948.
It took 29 ballots to elect Dana Dawson, then pastor of First Methodist in Shreveport, La.
On Friday the South Central Jurisdiction cast 34 ballots before electing Bob Farr, from the Missouri Annual Conference on the 35th ballot.
In a rarely used procedure, requiring a two-thirds vote of the Episcopacy Committee, and confirmation by the Jurisdictional delegates, Bishop Farr was assigned to the Missouri Conference as resident bishop.
David Severe
SCJ Secretary to the Conference.