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Election

Central Conferences
Newly elected Bishop Ruby-Nell Estrella, the first woman elected bishop in the Philippines, receives her episcopal pin from Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton (right) during the Philippines Central Conference in 2022. Central conferences in the Philippines, Africa and Europe plan to hold bishop elections in the coming months. Estrella and her fellow Filipino bishops face re-election when the Philippines Central Conference meets Nov. 18-22. Photo by Gladys P. Mangiduyos, UM News.

Preparing for bishop elections outside US
United Methodist bishops are praying for the elections of colleagues in the Philippines, Africa and Europe. Their hope is that any new bishops are committed to the denomination.
Social Concerns
Members of Grace United Methodist Church in Harrisburg, Pa., gather around their “Peace Pole,” installed to commemorate the Sept. 21 International Day of Peace and also in recognition of the charged political climate in the U.S. because of the presidential election. Photo courtesy of Grace United Methodist Church.

United Methodists react to US election
Some United Methodists are pleased with the return of Donald Trump to the White House in January, and others are heartbroken. Is there a middle ground?
Bishops
Leaders of the Western Jurisdiction greet the Rev. Sandra K. Olewine (second from left) as she takes the stage after being elected a United Methodist bishop during the jurisdictional conference July 12 in Spokane, Wash. She was elected on the 17th ballot. Photo by Patrick Scriven, Western Jurisdiction.

Sandra K. Olewine elected as bishop
Western Jurisdiction delegates elected the assistant to the bishop in the California-Pacific Conference to the episcopacy on the 17th ballot.
Bishops
The Rev. Kristin Stoneking speaks after being elected to the episcopacy by The United Methodist Church’s Western Jurisdiction on July 12 in Spokane, Washington. Stoneking was elected on the 11th ballot. Photo by Patrick Scriven, Western Jurisdiction.

Jurisdiction elects Kristin Stoneking as bishop
The United Methodist studies professor at the Pacific School of Religion has been elected a bishop by The United Methodist Church’s Western Jurisdiction. She is the denomination’s third openly gay and married bishop.

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