Bishops

Nigeria Area Bishop John Wesley Yohanna says a prayer alongside members of his cabinet during a gathering of United Methodists from the North East and Southern Nigeria annual conferences on July 24 at McBride United Methodist Church in Jalingo. Yohanna announced July 29 that he has left The United Methodist Church. Photo by Ramson Danjuma, communications director for the North East Nigeria Conference.

Nigeria bishop leaves United Methodist Church

Bishop John Wesley Yohanna has joined a new Methodist denomination, and the Council of Bishops will name interim leadership for The United Methodist Church in Nigeria.

Bishops

How North Central Jurisdiction handles assignments

Like its fellow jurisdictions, the North Central Jurisdiction used an innovative approach in its bishop assignments.

Bishops

Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, who leads the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware conferences, anoints the forehead of Bishop Héctor A. Burgos-Núñez during the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference held July 10-12 in Pittsburgh. To the left is Bishop John R. Schol and Bishop Marcus Matthews. Photo by James Lee, courtesy of the United Methodists of Eastern Pennsylvania Facebook page.

US sees big changes in bishop assignments

In a history-making development, two United Methodist bishops will lead conferences across jurisdictional lines. The change results from unprecedented levels of collaboration among jurisdictional leaders.

Bishops

Leaders of the Western Jurisdiction greet the Rev. Sandra K. Olewine (second from left) as she takes the stage after being elected a United Methodist bishop during the jurisdictional conference July 12 in Spokane, Wash. She was elected on the 17th ballot. Photo by Patrick Scriven, Western Jurisdiction.

Sandra K. Olewine elected as bishop

Western Jurisdiction delegates elected the assistant to the bishop in the California-Pacific Conference to the episcopacy on the 17th ballot.

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