The Kansas-East Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church

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Four principles to guide episcopal area discussions

Bishop Charles Crutchfield, Arkansas Area, unveiled the plan the South Central Jurisdiction’s College of Bishops will follow in reducing the number of episcopal areas. The college is responsible for determining how the South Central Jurisdiction will eliminate one bishop in 2012.

Bishop glad to return to Kansas

Mary Lou and I have just returned from the 2008 South Central Jurisdictional Conference where the Conference voted to assign us back to Kansas for the 2008-2012 quadrennium. We are very pleased to be serving the Kansas Area for four more years!

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Four principles to guide episcopal area discussions South Central Jurisdictional Conference elects bishops, celebrates and looks forward Experience with three bishops provides model for Dorff Lowry rollercoaster ends with election Bledsoe fulfills father’s dream 2008 Awards and Recognitions

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COLUMN: United Methodist retirement homes show our faithfulness BLOG POST: The case for new congregations BLOG POST: Glad to be returning to Kansas COLUMN: UMC is an institution and a movement COLUMN: The Word into words: spoken, written, ‘pixeled’ BLOG POST: Leadership as envisioning opportunity or threat BLOG POST: Follow the Leader RESOURCE: 20 Components of an Evangelistically Effective Church RESOURCE: Why we pay apportionments RESOURCE: 8 Characteristics of a Healthy Congregation

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The Kansas East Conference's vision is for people and churches to be spiritually alive and growing. The conference mission is to connect and empower people and churches in living out the Gospel's call to invite, nurture, equip and send forth disciples of Jesus Christ. The Kansas East Conference has 321 churches in the eastern one-third of Kansas.

calendar Click to register for District & Conference Events HOLA (Hispanic Team)08/28/2008 Labor Day - Conference Office Closed09/01/2008 Aging in the 21st Century and Beyond09/01/2008 Board of Laity09/06/2008 Hispanic/Latino Outreach workshop09/06/2008 Instructor Training - Safe and Sacred Spaces09/06/2008 Sessions and Rules09/06/2008 Safe and Sacred Spaces Worker Training09/06/2008 New Church Development09/10/2008 Committee on Nominations09/10/2008 South Central Jurisdiction Immigration Workshop09/11/2008 Area Communications Executive Committee09/11/2008 view Aug calendar 7Villages See what's happening in our community right now » contact us 4201 SW 15th Street
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Topeka, KS 66604-0187
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