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...
Dear Beloved Members of The United Methodist Church in the West, I join the country in mourning United Methodist pastor and civil rights leader Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., who passed away on Sunday, June 9, at the age of 95. Lawson was a pioneer in the Civil Rights...
Leaders in the Western Jurisdiction (WJ) of The United Methodist Church gathered in San Diego last Wednesday and Thursday to collaborate, share, and plan as a year of significant conferencing begins for the denomination. Members of the WJ’s Leadership Team, Committee on Episcopacy, and College of Bishops were present to vision for and discuss jurisdiction-level ministry and resourcing opportunities.
Originally published at https://www.umnews.org/en/news/mcconnells-legacy-one-of-joyful-ministry. By Sam Hodges Dec. 1, 2023 | UM News Bishop Calvin D. McConnell spent 16 years in the active episcopacy, leading two areas of the Western Jurisdiction and serving...
Dear Beloved Members of The United Methodist Church in the West, Grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ. Today, a jurisdictional trial concluded that involved our colleague, Bishop Minerva Carcaño, as respondent. Under the oversight of presiding officer...
United Methodist Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño stands as the presiding bishop reads the jury verdict on Sept. 22, the fourth day of her church trial in Glenview, Ill. Carcaño was found not guilty on all four charges against her. At right is the Rev. Scott Campbell, who...
For Immediate Release September 22, 2023 GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS – After three days of testimony and an evening spent in prayerful deliberation, a jury of Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño’s clergy peers found her not guilty of violating The United Methodist Book of...
The church trial of United Methodist Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño continued with witnesses testifying on how they think she violated church law. In their testimony on the afternoon of Sept. 19 and into Sept. 20, the witnesses — who had all served in the California-Nevada Conference — accused Carcaño of repeatedly overstepping a bishop’s authority and then taking retaliatory measures against her critics.
The church trial of United Methodist Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño continued with witnesses testifying on how they think she violated church law. In their testimony on the afternoon of Sept. 19 and into Sept. 20, the witnesses — who had all served in the California-Nevada Conference — accused Carcaño of repeatedly overstepping a bishop’s authority and then taking retaliatory measures against her critics.
UM News Service’s Heather Hahn reports on details of the first day of the trial of Bishop Minvera Carcaño underway in Glenview, Illinois. A jury was selected, opening arguments were made, and several witnesses were called by the Church to testify.