2019 Northwest Texas Conference

Officiating bishop: Bishop W. Earl Bledsoe

Guest speaker: Rev. Dr. Raúl Garcia de Ochoa

Resolutions adopted by the conference included: 

20:20 Vision for the Orphan

• Resolution for Re-Designation of Net Assets Without Donor Restrictions

• Resolution Concerning Discontinuing The Wesley United Methodist Church, Borger, Texas

• Resolution Concerning Discontinuing The Buchanan Street United Methodist Church, Amarillo, Texas 

Fourteen people were ordained, commissioned or received into associate membership.

Clergy delegates for 2020 General Conference: The Rev. Rich Jones. 

Clergy Reserves: The Revs. Stan Cosby, Steve Brooks, Travis Bennett. 

Lay delegate for 2020 General Conference: Ron Enns.

Lay Reserves: Randy Stutes, Mikey Littau, Jeff Robinson. 

Number of clergy retired: 6

Membership stands at 52,708, down 1,512 from the previous year. 

Worship attendance stands at 16,689 down 454. 

Church school attendance stands at 8,334, down 163 from 2017. 

Professions or reaffirmations of faith: 686, up 10 from 2017.

— Angie Brokaw, conference digital media specialist

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