2016 General Conference
The United Methodist Church’s top legislative body met at the Oregon Convention Center , the largest convention center in the Pacific Northwest, on May 10-20, 2016 .
General Conference is the top policy-making body of The United Methodist Church which meets once every four years.The conference can revise church law, as well as adopt resolutions on current moral, social, public policy and economic issues. It also approves plans and budgets for church-wide programs.
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Great Plains delegates elected to General Conference and Jurisdictional Conference.
Clergy General Conference delegates:
Rev. Adam Hamilton, Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, Kansas
Rev. Amy Lippoldt, Trinity Heights UMC, Newton, Kansas
Rev. Mark Holland, Trinity Community Church , Kansas City, Kansas
Rev. Zach Anderson, Hanscom Park UMC, Omaha, Nebraska
Rev. Cheryl Jefferson Bell, Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, Kansas
Rev. David Livingston, St. Paul’s UMC, Lenexa, Kansas
Jurisdictional Conference delegates:
Rev. Junius Dotson, Saint Mark UMC, Wichita, Kansas
Rev. Eduardo Boussan, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska
Rev. Stephanie Ahlschwede, South Gate UMC, Lincoln, Nebraska
Rev. Nathan Stanton, Great Plains new church development coordinator, Wichita, Kansas
Rev. Ashley Prescott Barlow-Thompson, First UMC, Wichita, Kansas
Rev. Kibum Kim, Parsons District superintendent
Alternate delegates:
Rev. Rebecca Hjelle, First UMC, Blair, Nebraska
Rev. Anne Gatobu, Lincoln New Hope, Lincoln, Nebraska
Rev. Rick Just, Wichita East District superintendent
Laity General Conference delegates:
Courtney Fowler, College Avenue UMC, Manhattan, Kansas
Oliver Green, Asbury Mt. Olive UMC, Topeka, Kansas
Shayla Jordan, Aldersgate UMC, Wichita, Kansas
Dixie Brewster, Milton UMC, Milton, Kansas
Lisa Maupin, St. Paul UMC, Lincoln, Nebraska
Wesley Gately, First UMC, Wamego, Kansas
Jurisdictional Conference delegates:
Keith Olsen, of Grant UMC, Grant, Nebraska
Randall Hodgskinson, First UMC, Topeka, Kansas
Esther Hay, First UMC, Waverly, Nebraska.
Karelle Leeper,Clair Memorial UMC, Omaha, Nebraska
Bob Aderholt, Kenesaw UMC, Kenesaw, Nebraska
Sandy Simmons, First UMC, Leavenworth, Kansas
Alternate delegates:
Carl Nord, Mulvane UMC, Mulvane, Kansas
Steve Baccus, First UMCh, Minneapolis, Kansas
Shane Hinderliter, At the Well UMC, Wichita, Kansas
