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Liberia Episcopal Area

Human Sexuality
Bishop Samuel J. Quire Jr. delivers the closing message at the 191st session of the Liberia Annual Conference held Feb. 13-18 in Buchanan, Liberia. Following the 2024 General Conference, the bishop released a statement on remaining United Methodist as some members of the Liberia Conference push for a special session. Photo by E Julu Swen.

Liberian bishop counters misinformation

Bishop Samuel J. Quire of Liberia responded to protests following General Conference’s removal of bans on same-sex weddings and gay ordination. He is dealing with calls for the conference to hold a special session to vote on leaving, but such a meeting is not currently scheduled.
General Church
Bishop Samuel J. Quire Jr. presides over an executive meeting of the Liberia Conference at which he appointed a special committee to discuss the conference’s future after the 2024 General Conference. Photo by E Julu Swen, UM News.

Church separation takes center stage in Liberia

Though there are advocacy groups on both sides of the disaffiliation debate in the Liberian Conference, its bishop said he “will remain a United Methodist until otherwise ordered.”
Mission and Ministry
Priscilla Legay Jaiah-Gilayeneh, director of the Ganta Mission Station in Liberia’s Nimba County, displays a pig farming T-shirt during the dedication ceremony of a new butchery plant in Ganta City. Photo by E Julu Swen, UM News.

Butchery plant empowers pig farmers in Liberia

Through partnership with the North Carolina Conference, Liberian United Methodists share benefits with their neighbors.
Theology and Education
The United Methodist Church’s episcopal residence in Monrovia, Liberia, will be turned over to the United Methodist University’s Graduate School of Professional Studies. Photo by E Julu Swen, UM News.

Episcopal residence decommissioned for educational use in Liberia

The property will be used by the United Methodist University’s Graduate School of Professional Studies.

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