News Stories from July 2024
NEJ reduces episcopal areas to six
July 11, 2024 / By John Coleman, Daily Christian Advocate contributor / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Editor's Note: John Coleman served on the Eastern PA and Greater New Jersey staff before retiring on June 30 and is a Daily Christian Advocate contributor. The announcement of the assignment of bishops by the Jurisdictional Committee on the Episcopacy along with the new names of episcopal areas will be made on Friday, July 12. The 2024 Northeastern Jurisdictional (NEJ) Conference reduced its episcopal areas from nine to six on Wednesday …more
Bishop Bickerton delivers State of the Jurisdiction Address
July 11, 2024 / By Rev. Erik Alsgaard, Daily Christian Advocate contributor / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Editor's Note: The Rev. Erik Alsgaard is a Daily Christian Advocate contributor and serves as the pastor at the Community United Methodist Church of Crofton. United Methodists stand at the ribbon cutting of a new church, but the question is: Are we ready to walk through the door? And, if so, will we do it together? Those were just two of the questions Bishop Thomas Bickerton posed …more
Wrestling with Hope: NEJ Begins with Memorial Service
July 11, 2024 / By Rev. James Lee, Daily Christian Advocate contributor / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Editor's Note: The Rev. James Lee is the Director of Communications for the Greater New Jersey and Eastern PA Conferences. The first day of legislative work at the 2024 Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference in Pittsburgh commenced with a solemn service of remembrance and communion, setting a reflective tone for the days ahead. The service honored two bishops whose leadership left a lasting impact on the church. Bishop William Boyd Grove, died …more
Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy announces NEJ and SEJ will share a bishop
July 3, 2024 / By UNY Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Editor's Note: The Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy of The United Methodist Church released the following statement on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. During General Conference 2024, the Interjurisdictional Committee on Episcopacy (ICOE) recommended 32 total bishops in the jurisdictions and the allocations of bishops of six in the North Central Jurisdiction (NCJ) six in the Northeastern Jurisdiction (NEJ), six in the South Central Jurisdiction (SCJ), nine in the …more