Southeastern elects Robin Dease as bishop
Posted 11-3-22 from UMNews

The Rev. Robin Dease, a pastor and former district superintendent in the South Carolina Conference, has been elected as a bishop of The United Methodist Church’s Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. Read the article here.

Southeastern Jurisdiction elects Shelton as bishop
Posted 11-2-22 from UMNews

The Rev. Connie Mitchell Shelton, district superintendent in the Mississippi Conference, has been elected as bishop in The United Methodist Church’s Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. Read the article here.

Southeastern Jurisdiction elects Berlin as bishop
Posted 11-2-22 from UMNews

The Rev. Thomas M. Berlin, lead pastor of Floris United Methodist Church in Herndon, Virginia, has been elected as bishop in The United Methodist Church’s Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. Read the article here.

More SEJ News can be found here.

Divorce, Methodist Style
Posted 10-30-22 from Jack Harnish, Retired Elder - Michigan.

We should have been able to find a way to live together and love together and serve together without going through all of this. Since more unites us than divides us, we should have been able to keep the family together. Read Jack’s post.

RMN Organizing Team - Jurisdictional Conferences 2022
Posted 10-26-22 on the RMN Youtube Channel.

Izzy Alvaran, Helen Ryde, and Laura Young share their thoughts and hopes for the Jurisdictional Conferences. Watch the video here.

UMC Bishop Elections dealing with Conflicts of Interest for GMC-leaning delegates
Posted 10-26-22 from Jeremy Smith, Elder - Pacific Northwest.

What is to be done about the clergy and laity connected to those disaffiliating churches who have been elected delegates to elect new bishops in The United Methodist Church? Read Jeremy’s post here.

UMC History: Splits, Separations and Reconciliations

Dr. Ashley Boggan Dreff, General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives & History of The United Methodist Church introduces a series of short videos that teach about the history of separations and reunions in the predecessor denominations of The United Methodist Church. Playlist made from United Methodist Videos and UM General Commission on Archives and History. Check out the playlist here.

Ask the UMC: Is The United Methodist Church really...?

Ask The UMC offers a series of questions and answers to help clear up some common misperceptions or misinformation around disaffiliation. Read Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5.

Livestream Link to SEJ Conference 2022

Watch the livestream for the SEJ Conference 2022 scheduled for November 2-4, 2022 in Lake Junaluska, NC here.

Episcopal Nominees to Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference 2022

View all of the SEJ episcopal nominees biographies, written Q&A, and links to their videos and websites here.