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Western PA Pastor Selected for Lewis Fellows Program

7/13/2012
WASHINGTON, DC – The Lewis Center for Church Leadership of Wesley Theological Seminary has selected 20 outstanding young clergy, including one from Western Pennsylvania, to participate in the 2012-2013 Lewis Fellows program. The young clergy were chosen from a broad field of applicants and represent five denominations and 15 states. Every year the Lewis Fellows program brings together outstanding young clergy persons (generally those under the age of 35) for intensive leadership...

Conference Endorses Two for Bishop

6/8/2012
Members of the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference endorsed two of its members as candidates for bishop of the Church: Greensburg District Superintendent William B. Meekins Jr. and Washington District Superintendent Eric S. Park.  Both were recommended for endorsement by the Conference's delegation to the denomination's General and Jurisdictional conferences, and received the endorsement of the annual conference on the first ballot. Bishops will be elected in the Church's five...