e-HUM Alert -- July 13, 2004

July 13, 2004

Bishops to be elected and assigned this week

INDIANAPOLIS -- Each of Indiana's North and South Conferences of The United Methodist Church will be represented by 24 delegates in the election and assignment of bishops this week during the North Central Jurisdictional Conference in Davenport, Iowa.

Two Hoosiers, the Revs. Mark Fenstermacher of Elkhart and Gregory McGarvey of Carmel are two of 16 endorsed candidates seeking to be elected bishop. Balloting will begin on Wednesday afternoon July 14. Three bishops will be elected to replace three retiring bishops. All ordained elders in good standing are eligible to be elected bishop. Votes of sixty percent of the conference's 424 delegates are needed to elect a bishop.

An announcement of the assignment of the jurisdiction's ten bishops, including Indiana, will be made Saturday morning, July 17 at the conclusion of the conference. Indiana will receive a new bishop on Sept. 1. Current Bishop Woodie W. White retires next month and moves to Atlanta.

Balloting results, elections of bishops and the assignment of bishops will be announced on the North Central Jurisdictional Conference Web site at www.ncjumc.org. Announcements of episcopal elections and assignments also will be made on the Indiana Area Web site at www.inareaumc.org.

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