(COB) - The Council of Bishops has announced the assignment of bishops to the boards and agencies of The United Methodist Church for 2020-2024 quadrennium.
Bishop David Graves of the Alabama-West Florida Conference has been assigned to Finance and Administration. Here are the assignments:
| AGENCY/POSITION |
BISHOP |
| Connectional Table Chair |
Mande Muyombo |
| Archives & History |
Peggy Johnson
New Central Conference bishop |
| Church and Society |
Daniel Lunge
LaTrelle Easterling
Sue Haupert-Johnson
3 new bishops |
| Communications |
John Wesley Yohanna
New U.S. bishop |
| Discipleship Ministries |
Mark Webb
Harald Rückert |
| Finance & Administration |
Minerva Carcaño
David Graves |
| Global Ministries |
Peter Torio
Joaquina Nhanala
Ruben Saenz
Jonathan Holston
Karen Oliveto |
| Higher Education & Ministry |
Sandra Steiner Ball
Eduard Khegay
Laurie Haller |
| WesPath (Pension & Health) |
Paul Leeland
Robert Schnase |
| Religion & Race |
Cynthia Moore-Koikoi
New Central Conference bishop |
| Status & Role of Women |
Tracy Malone
Samuel Quire |
| United Methodist Men |
Gary Mueller
Kasap Owan
Leonard Fairley |
| UM Publishing House |
Gregory Palmer
New Central Conference bishop |
The bishops will begin their assignments at the organizational meeting of each agency or board after the 2020 jurisdictional and central conferences.
UMC agencies provide resources and services that equip local congregations and provide a connection for ministry throughout the world. The agencies also provide essential services and ministries beyond the scope of individual local congregations and annual conferences.
Each agency is governed by a board of directors whose members, both lay and clergy, are elected by jurisdictions and central conferences. Bishops, as assigned by the Council, also share oversight on these boards.
