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General Conference 2004

Rocky Mountain Conference News and Resources

Day 4

Thursday, April 29, 2004

Two dozen nominated for United Methodist Judicial Council

Apr. 29, 2004 News media contact: General Conference Newsroom * (415) 325-6080*

By Neill Caldwell*

PITTSBURGH (UMNS)--Delegates to the 2004 General Conference will choose from 24 nominees for four openings on the Judicial Council, the United Methodist Church's supreme court.

Nominations made by the denomination's Council of Bishops were presented to delegates in the April 29 Daily Christian Advocate, and additional nominations were accepted from the floor during the morning's plenary session.

In an unusual parliamentary move, nominations were first closed and then voted to be reopened when a delegate rose to complain that presiding Bishop Joel Martinez had not called on people from all parts of the floor.

Voting on the nominations is scheduled for May 3 after brief biographical sketches of each candidate are printed in the Daily Christian Advocate, the General Conference's publication of record.

Two clergy and two laity will be elected to the nine-member council, the highest judicial body of the church. The usual term of office is eight years.

Nominees and their annual conferences are listed below.

Clergy nominated by the Council of Bishops are:

  • John E. Harnish, Detroit;
  • Rodney Wilmouth, Minnesota;
  • Robert Sweet Jr., New England;
  • Rex Bevins, Nebraska;
  • Susan Henry-Crowe, South Carolina; and
  • Jane Tews of Desert Southwest.

Laity nominated by the Council of Bishops are:

  • P. Edwin Gausi, Liberia;
  • Daniel F. Evans, South Indiana;
  • Beth Capen, New York;
  • Jon Gray of Missouri;
  • W. Clark Williams, Virginia; and
  • Lonnie Brooks, Alaska Missionary.

Clergy nominated from the floor are:

  • Dennis L. Blackwell, Greater New Jersey;
  • Daniel A. Ivy-Soto, New Mexico;
  • Kurt Glassco, Oklahoma;
  • Rodney G. Steele, Arkansas;
  • Shamange Kyungu, North West Katanga; and
  • Frank Trotter Jr., Baltimore-Washington.

Laity nominated from the floor are:

  • David Beckley, Mississippi;
  • Gloria Brooks, West Ohio;
  • Solomon Christian, Memphis;
  • Raymond L. Hamill, Wyoming;
  • Amy Valdez Barker, Wisconsin; and
  • Raymundo Z. Annang, Middle Philippines.

*Caldwell is a correspondent for United Methodist News Service.
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Please keep the Rocky Mountain Conference Delegates in prayer: Janet Forbes, Youngsook Kang, Olon Lindemood, Chuck Schuster, Aaron Gray, Judy Hill, Brad Laurvick, Dan O'Neill, Liwliwa Robledo, and Peggy Sewell.

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