news stories Tagged “delegation”

Bishops assigned at 2024 NEJ Conference

July 12, 2024 / By Shelby Winchell, UNY Director of Communications / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

The 2024 Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference came to a close on Friday, July 12 with the revelation of six new reconfigured areas and the assignment of bishops to supervise those areas.  On Wednesday, the conference voted to reduce the number of episcopal areas from nine to six.   The six new episcopal areas with the assigned bishops include:  Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware- Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling  Eastern Pennsylvania and Greater …more

Laity invited to self-nominate for two lay vacancies for the 2024 Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference

April 25, 2023 / By Shannon Hodson / .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

The Upper New York (UNY) Conference elects delegates for the Northeastern Jurisdictional (NEJ) Conference and the General Conference the year prior to each General Conference, which ordinarily takes place every four years. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 General Conference was postponed twice and is now slotted for 2024. Due to the unprecedented length between General Conferences, the United Methodist Judicial Council will be allowing conferences to fill delegate vacancies. …more