Name: Laura Allen
Date registered: July 12, 2012
Jul 19
The Northeastern Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church took a record-breaking number of ballots to elect three episcopal leaders this week. The Rev. Mark Webb received 134 votes on ballot number 35, and will be consecrated tomorrow at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Charleston, W.Va.
Jul 19
The Northeastern Jurisdiction has elected the Rev. Dr. Martin McLee bishop on the 21st ballot. McLee is Superintendent of the Metro Boston Hope District in the New England Conference. He received 140 of 224 votes.
Jul 18
The Rev. Sandra Steiner Ball is a new bishop-elect in The United Methodist Church. She was elected on July 18 on the fifth ballot by the Northeastern Jurisdiction. She received 132 of a possible 219 votes. Ball is the director of connectional ministries for the Peninsula-Delaware Annual Conference.