Richard Moman, conference not confirmed. 32. Rev. .... Dr. Mike Green, North Texas Conference. 168. Rev. ... Michael Gre
Monday, July 18, 2018 Dear Rev. Boykin and Rev. Wines, We, the undersigned laity and clergy of the United Methodist Church, issue a formal complaint against fellow United Methodist layperson Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, by our understanding a lay member of Ashland Place United Methodist Church, in Mobile, AL, and an active participant in Clarendon United Methodist Church, Arlington, VA. While we are reticent to bring a formal complaint against a layperson, Mr. Sessions’ unique combination of tremendous social/political power, his leading role as a Sunday School teacher and former delegate to General Conference, and the severe and ongoing impact of several of his public, professional actions demand that we, as his siblings in the United Methodist denomination, call for some degree of accountability. We write to you, Mr. Sessions’ pastors, copying his District Superintendents and Bishops, in the hopes that you will, as members of our connectional system, dig deeply into Mr. Sessions’ advocacy and actions that have led to harm against thousands of vulnerable humans. As members of the United Methodist Church, we deeply hope for a reconciling process that will help this long-‐time member of our connection step back from his harmful actions and work to repair the damage he is currently causing to immigrants, particularly children and families. Pursuant to Paragraph 2702.3 of the 2016 United Methodist Book of Discipline, we hereby charge Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, Attorney General of the United States, a professing member and/or active participant of Ashland Place United Methodist Church (Mobile, Alabama) and Clarendon United Methodist Church (Alexandria, Virginia), with the chargeable offenses of: • Child Abuse (examples: advocacy for and implementation of documented practices that indefinitely separate thousands of young children from their parents; holding thousands of children in mass incarceration facilities with little to no structured educational or socio-‐emotional support) • Immorality (examples: the use of violence against children to deter immigration; advocating and supporting the separation of children from their families; refusal of refugee/asylee status to those fleeing gang or sexual violence; oppression of those seeking asylum or attempting to enter the United States with refugee status; directing employees and staff members to kidnap children from their parents) • Racial discrimination (examples: stopping investigations of police departments charged with racial discrimination; attempting to criminalize Black Lives Matter and other racial justice activist groups; targeting incarceration for those engaged in undocumented border crossings as well as those who present with requests for asylum, with a particular focus on those perceived as Muslim or LatinX) • Dissemination of doctrines contrary to the standards of doctrine of the United Methodist Church (examples: the misuse of Romans 13 to indicate the necessity of obedience to secular law, which is in stark contrast to Disciplinary commitments to supporting freedom of conscience and resistance to unjust laws)
While other individuals and areas of the federal government are implicated in each of these examples, Mr. Sessions -‐ as a long-‐term United Methodist in a tremendously powerful, public position -‐ is particularly accountable to us, his church. He is ours, and we are his. As his denomination, we have an ethical obligation to speak boldly when one of our members is engaged in causing significant harm in matters contrary to the Discipline on the global stage. Several Bishops and other denominational leaders have spoken out about this matter, urging Methodists to contact Mr. Sessions and for these policies to change, but we believe that the severity of his actions and the harm he is causing to immigrants, migrants, refugees, and asylees calls for his church to step into a process to directly engage with him as a part of our community. We look forward to entering into the just resolution process with Mr. Sessions as we seek to journey with him towards reconciliation and faithful living into the gospel. In the community of Jesus, the Liberator and Redeemer, 1. Rev. Dave Wright, Pacific Northwest Conference 2. Rev. Kelly Dalhman-‐Oeth, Pacific Northwest Conference 3. Rev. Terri Stewart, Pacific Northwest Conference 4. Elaine Marston, Pacific Northwest Conference 5. Becca Brazell, Pacific Northwest Conference 6. Rev. Stephen Tarr, Pacific Northwest Conference 7. Rev. JoDene Romeijn-‐Stout, Pacific Northwest Conference 8. Rev. Paul Mitchell, Pacific Northwest Conference 9. Rev. Katie Stickney, Pacific Northwest Conference 10. Rev. Dr. Joanne Carlson Brown, Pacific Northwest Conference 11. Rev. Nico Romeijn-‐Stout, Pacific Northwest Conference 12. Rev. Sharon Moe, Pacific Northwest Conference 13. Rev. Eric Stone, Detroit Conference 14. Celeste Blay, PNW Conference 15. Rev. Hilary Marchbanks, Rio Texas Conference 16. Adam Richards, North Texas Conference 17. Rev. Jan Bolerjack, Pacific Northwest Conference 18. Rev. Ryan Russel, Iowa Conference 19. Rev. Kristin Hawes Joyner, Pacific Northwest Conference 20. Rev. Lyda Pierce, Pacific Northwest Conference 21. Rev. J. Cody Nielsen, Iowa Conference 22. Rev. Dr. Israel I. Alvaran, Philippines Annual Conference 23. Aaron Taylor Pazan, Pacific Northwest Conference 24. Rev. Austin Adkinson, Pacific Northwest Conference 25. Margo Gislain, Northern Illinois Conference 26. Robyn Gislain, Northern Illinois Conference 27. Rev. Nestor Santiago Gerente, California Pacific Conference 28. Rev. Anna Voinovich, Northern Illinois Conference
29. Jennifer Anne Weyenberg, California Pacific Conference 30. Rev. Heather Riggs, Oregon-‐Idaho and Pacific Northwest Conferences 31. Rev. Richard Moman, conference not confirmed 32. Rev. M Barclay, Northern Illinois Conference 33. Olivia Wilhite, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference 34. Rev. Martha E. Vink, New York Conference 35. Angelina Goldwell, Pacific Northwest Conference 36. Rev. Ann Lantz, Mountain Sky Conference 37. Rev. Kathy Hafley Symes, Great Plains Conference 38. Deaconness Martha Lundgren, Desert Southwest Conference 39. Barbara Babbitt, New Jersey Conference 40. Rev. J. Mark Forester, Tennessee Conference 41. Rev. Rachel Birkhahn-‐Rommelfanger, Northern Illinois Conference 42. Rev. Karen Damman, Pacific Northwest Conference 43. Rev. William F. Todd, Oklahoma Conference 44. Rev. Judith A. Gould, New England Conference 45. Barb Muench, Great Plains Conference 46. Rev. Dennis Magnuson, Pacific Northwest Conference 47. Lynn Magnuson, Pacific Northwest Conference 48. Rev. Lyn Pace, South Carolina Conference 49. Rev. Gregory Cross, Northern Illinois Conference 50. Lori Valentine De Segavoia, Virginia Conference 51. Rev. Beth LaRocca-‐Pitts, North Georgia Conference 52. Araminta Lett, North Georgia Conference 53. Rev. Tracy L. Cook, Upper New York Conference 54. Rev. Allison Mark, California Pacific Conference 55. Kaira Mark-‐Schwiebert, child, California Pacific Conference 56. Amara Mark-‐Schwiebert, child, California Pacific Conference 57. Rev. Alan Mark, California Pacific Conference 58. Kristen Mark-‐Vega, California Pacific Conference 59. Cory Vega, California Pacific Conference 60. Matix Vega, child, California Pacific Conference 61. Keegan Vega, child, California Pacific Conference 62. Chaysen Vega, child, California Pacific Conference 63. McKenna Vega, child, California Pacific Conference 64. Rev. Dottie Escobedo Frank, Desert Southwest Conference 65. Erinn Norris, Upper New York Conference 66. Gretchen Nelson, Pacific Northwest Conference 67. Rev. Kristen Paradiso, Northern Illinois Conference 68. Rev. Matt Seargeant, California Pacific Conference 69. Amanda Nicol, Pacific Northwest Conference 70. Renee Hayes, Western North Carolina Conference 71. Joseph Ekstrand, conference not confirmed 72. Anne Greiner, West Ohio Conference
73. Sarah Comstock, Pacific Northwest Conference 74. Beth Snyder, conference not confirmed 75. Ann Wilson Mayer, Pacific Northwest Conference 76. Steve Meyer, Pacific Northwest Conference 77. Jill Adamore, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference 78. Rev. James H. Ritchie, Western Pennsylvania Conference 79. Rev. Kimberly Montenegro, California-‐Nevada Conference 80. Burt Sarver, PNW Conference 81. Ginger Sarver, PNW Conference 82. Rev. Ben A. David Hensley, North Texas Conference 83. Andrew Millman, Rocky Mountain Conference 84. Eileen Yamada Lamphere, Pacific Northwest Conference 85. Rev. Darin Arnston, California Pacific Conference 86. Rev. Sharron Solami, Susquehanna Conference 87. Rev. Dan Roth, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 88. Alisa Isaacs Bailey, Indiana Conference 89. Dr. Jeffrey L. Staley, Pacific Northwest Conference 90. Rev. Jennifer Gutierrez, California Pacific Conference 91. Rev. Marylee Fithian, Minnesota Conference 92. Rev. Michele Johns, California Pacific Conference 93. Celeste Deveney, Pacific Northwest Conference 94. Rev. Deena Wolf, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference 95. Rev. Paul Ortiz, Pacific Northwest Conference 96. Curtis Bewley, Northern Illinois Conference 97. Rev. Jill Sanders, Iowa Conference 98. Rev. Peter Perry, Pacific Northwest Conference 99. Rev. Kenneth K. Grenz, Great Plains Conference 100. Daniel Seth O’Kegley, Holston Conference 101. Patrick Scriven, Pacific Northwest Conference 102. Rachel Whitehurst, conference not confirmed 103. Rev. Anna Cho, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference 104. Rev. Won Seok-‐Yuh, California-‐Pacific Conference 105. Rev. Kelly Schoenfelt, Rio Texas Conference 106. Colleen Mulhall-‐Briski, California Pacific Conference 107. Rev. Roberta Jantzi-‐Egli, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference 108. Rev. Mary Ruth Davidson, North Georgia Conference 109. Susan Myers Hancock, California Pacific Conference 110. Kate Butler, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference 111. Rev. Michele Campton-‐Stehr, Pacific Northwest Conference 112. Andrea Ramberg, Minnesota Conference 113. Rev. Debbie Sperry, California-‐Pacific Conference 114. Rev. Tom Nelson, Florida Conference 115. Rev. Beth Elders, Missouri Conference 116. Rev. Catie Coots, California Pacific Conference
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Rev. Kathrynn Self Ransdell, North Texas Conference Caelyn Wooldridge, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Rona Dumagos Mangayayam, California Pacific Conference Rev. Bob Klein, Desert Southwest Conference Lanny R. Carlson, Iowa Conference Roberta Bettis, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Bryan Kilpatrick, Michigan Conference Stephanie Henry, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Karen Yokota Love, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Mary Petrina Boyd, Pacific Northwest Conference Patrick Oblander, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Gary Barbaree, California Pacific Conference Sandy Nicol, Pacific Northwest Conference Melanie Hoeger, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Diana Brown Taylor, Holston Conference Melanie Proctor, California-‐Nevada Conference Martha Rudy, Northern Illinois Conference Rev. Dylan Hyun, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Dr. Katherine Paisley, Northern Illinois Conference Rev. Linda Campbell Marshall, New England Conference Wendy Hulse, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Hillary Taylor, South Carolina Conference Rev. Daniel H. Taylor Jr., Holston Conference Rev. Gregory Rogers, Texas Conference Rev. Myron McCoy, Northern Illinois Conference Rev. Mark Davies, Oklahoma Conference Rev. Megan A. Dean, Northern Illinois Conference Hannah Shanks, Missouri Conference Rev. Gregory Norton, California Pacific Conference Rev. Karen Clark Ristine, California Pacific Conference Sylvia Blades Cunningham, Pacific Northwest Conference Sharon Strachan, California Nevada Conference Rev. Erica Gara, California Nevada Conference Rev. Marcia Hauer, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Alyson Nicol, Pacific Northwest Conference Deborah Gudger, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Sarah Louie, California Nevada Conference Rev. Vicki Walker, Florida Conference Rev. Eric Stone, Michigan Conference Dr. Anne Burkholder Daniel, Florida Conference Rev. Karen Long-‐Desmit, North Texas Conference Rev. Elizabeth Guidotti, Northern Illinois Conference Rev. Dana Carrol, Upper New York Conference Patricia Bellingrath, Holston Conference
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Megan Watson, Holston Conference Rev. Chuck Powell, Holston Conference Rev. Kenneth L. Faught, Holston Conference Chrissy Faught, Holston Conference Rev. Janie Toy Powell, Holston Conference Rev. Dr. Colleen Windham-‐Hughes, California Pacific Conference Rev. Dr. Mike Green, North Texas Conference Rev. Denyse Barnes, California Pacific Conference Rev. Rick Malec, California Pacific Confernce Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey, Northern Illinois Conference Andrew Larson, Pacific Northwest Conference Candace Larson, Pacific Northwest Conference Teresa Stewart, Kansas Conference Rev. Erin Martin, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Michael Greene, North Texas Conference Rev. Scott E. Manning, Michigan Conference Rev. Debbie Gara, California Pacific Conference Dave Oshirobot, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Mary Dotson, Susquehanna Conference Pam Painter Joyner, North Texas Conference Rev. Sadie Stone, California Nevada Conference Andrew Gladstone-‐Highland, Michigan Conference Rev. Adiel DePano, California Pacific Conference Sara Cardinal, Michigan Conference Brooke Nyhus, Pacific Northwest Conference Tim Nyhus, Pacific Northwest Conference Forrest Tufte, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Amos Oladipo, Northern Illinois Conference Rev. Brenda Sene, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Susan Martin Taylor, North Georgia Conference Rev. Elizabeth Braddon, New York Conference Rev. Curtis D. King, Baltimore-‐Washington Conference Sue Magrath, Pacific Northwest Conference Chris Early, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Carlson Sawyer, Virginia Conference Serena Sullivan, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Steve McCoy, Michigan Conference Mary Vergin, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Robin Olson, Upper New York Conference Megan Ernst Kilpatrick, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Mark J. Meyers, Northern Illinois Conference Taylor Gould, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Lynne Pearson, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Meredith Gudger-‐Raines, PNW Conference
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Rev. Katie Klosterman, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Todd Scranton, Mountain Sky Conference Rev. Gary Barbaree, California Pacific Conference John Brooks, Northern Illinois Conference Rev. Gwendolyn Drake, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Daniel H. Taylor, Jr., Holston Conference Rev. Gregory Norton, California Pacific Conference Rev. Karen Clark Ristine, California Pacific Conference Rev. Gary Bernard-‐Williams, California Pacific Conference Rev. Marcia Hauer, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Norma Kehrberg, California Pacific Conference Michael Green, Northern Illinois Conference Debbie Mallis, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Mary Gladstone, Michigan Conference Rev. Charlotte Hendee, Baltimore/Washington Conference Sharon Anway, Michigan Conference Rev. Julia Humenik, Michigan Conference Rev. Jenny Wilson, Oregon Idaho Conference Rev. Karen Nelson, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Rebecca Dunger Peak, Missouri Conference Stephan Ross, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Hope Bentley Hutchinson, Minnesota Conference Rev. Amy Gearhart, Missouri Conference Rev. Peggy L. Jeffries, Missouri Conference Rev. Will Nichols, New York Conference Rev. Dana Neuhauser, Minnesota Conference Brad Neuhauser, Minnesota Conference Jim Strathdee, California-‐Nevada Conference Jeanie Strathdee, California-‐Nevada Conference Rev. Karen Penhale, United Church of Canada Rev. Nathan Jeffries, Illinois Great Rivers Conference Rev. Nancy Nichols, Indiana Conference Rev. D. Stephen Long, Indiana Conference Rev. Mandy Sloan McDow, California-‐Pacific Conference Rev. Zach LaCrone, Illinois Great Rivers Conference Diane Rodrigues, California-‐Pacific Conference Kelly Burd-‐Huss, Texas Conference Michael Collier, PNW Conference Rev. Karen Blankewell, Missouri Conference Christina Blank, Illinois Great Rivers Conference Rev. Mark Thompson, Michigan Conference Rev. David Tatgenhorst, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Rev. Rick McKinley, New England Conference Rev. Timothy Kobler, Holston Conference
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Rev. Emma Donohew, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Polly Klimson, Northern Illinois Conference Rev. Frank Wulf, California Pacific Conference Susan Saylor Stouffer, California Pacific Conference Deaconness Sharon McCart, California Pacific Conference Dana Lede, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Margaret K. Mallory, Michigan Conference Lisa Palombi, California Pacific Conference Rev. Linda Morgan Clark, Oklahoma Conference Rev. Richard Bolin, California Pacific Conference Rev. Jeremy Wicks, Michigan Conference Toinette Wicks, Michigan Conference Kassie Goforth, Pacific Northwest Conference Andrew Perry, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Brenna Lakeson, Western North Carolina Conference Rev. Anna Blaedel, Iowa Conference Tyler Schwaller, Iowa Conference Rev. Weatherly Burkhead Verhelst, Michigan Conference Rev. Don Saliers, North Georgia Conference Rev. Dawn Baird, Rio-‐Texas Conference Lala Smith, Holston Conference Rev. Lilly Villamin, California Pacific Conference Joy Prim, California Pacific Conference Rev. Ben Hadley Goggin, Virginia Conference Rev. Tom Waller, Detroit Conference Emilie Kroen, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Melanie Stanley-‐Souen, North Georgia Conference Rev. Sarah K. Corum, Memphis Conference Rev. Josh McClurkan, Memphis Conference Rachel Meyers, Florida Conference Rev. Angela Gilreath Rivers, North Georgia Conference Tara Gnau, Michigan Conference Rev. Anne Broyles, California Pacific Conference Nancy Tam Davis, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Kimberly Scott, Desert Southwest Conference Cathy T. Albery, Michigan Conference Christie Eden, Pacific Northwest Conference Mark Morris, Rio Texas Conference Rev. Kelly Harvell, New England Conference Rev. Susan Oeffler, Wisconsin Conference Shelby Ruch-‐Teegarden, Tennessee Conference Austin James Teegardin, Tennessee Conference Rev. Dr. Emily B. Hall, New York Conference Rev. Vince McGlothin-‐Eller, Michigan Conference
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Rev. Rich Burstall, Michigan Conference Rev. Dr. Mary Jane O’Connor Ropp, New England Conference Brian Kleber, Western Pennsylvania Conference Dr. Tracy Zielinski, Florida Conference Lauren Michelle Stevens, California-‐Nevada Conference Rev. Gail Thompson, North Georgia Conference Rev. Karen Smith, North Georgia Conference Rev. Jodi Cartwright, Michigan Conference Joe Openshaw, Northern Alabama Conference Bobby Prince, Northern Alabama Conference Rev. Laura Young, West Ohio Conference Rev. Hannah Adair Bonner, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Rev. Alice Rogers, North Georgia Conference Tammy Jane, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Kate Walker, Texas Conference Dr. Trelawney J. Grenfell-‐Moor, New England Conference Rev. Paula Cripps-‐Vallejo, Northern Illinois Conference Rev. Benji Sayre, West Ohio Conference Deb Holly, Holston Conference Rev. Cindy Yanchury, Minnesota Conference Rev. Joey Heath-‐Mason, Baltimore-‐Washington Conference Susan Critchfield Herrmann, California Pacific Conference Mariflorence Hudson, California-‐Nevada Conference Deaconness Cindy Davis Campbell, North Georgia Conference Rev. Rebekah Gienapp, Memphis Conference Rev. Rebecca Patterson, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Elizabeth Critchfield, California-‐Pacific Conference Kevin Carnahan, Missouri Conference Rev. Dr. Sharon Rhodes-‐Wickett, California Pacific Conference Rev. Stephanie Vader, Baltimore-‐Washington Conference Jennifer McLaughlin, Pacific Northwest Conference Tia Hollowood, Alaska Missionary Conference Rev. Janet Sweet Richardson, Holston Conference Rob Herrmann, California Pacific Conference Rev. Kathy Weigand, Wisconsin Conference Zack McIntyre, West Ohio Conference Marianne Aquino, conference not confirmed Barbara Kutasz, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Dr. Phyllis Tyler, California Pacific Conference Rev. Robin Wells, California-‐Nevada Conference Rev. Will Meachum, Illinois Great Rivers Conference Candie Odell Scherer, Northern Illinois Conference Jeraldine Bjornson, United Church of Canada Rev. Amanda Gayle Reed, West Virginia Conference
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Tim Kelly, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Melissa Yosua-‐Davis, New England Conference Rev. Helen Jin Kim, California-‐Nevada Conference Rev. Will Nichols, conference not confirmed Rev. Christopher Gudger-‐Raines, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Melinda Holloway, Pacific Northwest Conference Jennifer Warnick McDermott, California-‐Nevada Conference Aaron Shipman, Rocky Mountain Conference Lara Gaston, Oklahoma Conference Deaconness Laura Young, Texas Conference Beth Ann Higgs, North Alabama Conference Elissa Moise, Indiana Conference Ellen Barber Walworth, Pacific Northwest Conference Tom Walworth, Pacific Northwest Conference Jennifer Fry, Michigan Conference Nancy Cooper, Missouri Conference Todd Cox, Holston Conference Debra Mobley, California-‐Pacific ConferenceL Jackie Owen, Dakotas Conference Margaret Schulze, California-‐Nevada Conference Alex Lee, North Carolina Conference Rev. Walter Lockhart, Minnesota Conference Rev. Dr. Thomas Robinson, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Megan Schlegel, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker, Pacific Northwest Conference John Paul Guyer, Jr., California Pacific Conference Rev. Dr. Herb Snyder, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Ricka Long, Texas Conference Rachel Labram, Michigan Conference Lois Honeycutt, Missouri Conference Elaine Foulkes, United Church of Canada Linda Vietz, West Ohio Conference Beverly Mick West Ohio Conference Brent McMorris, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Jenn Robinson-‐O’Brien, Virginia Conference Emmanuel Russo, Louisiana Conference Ellen Alward, Michigan Conference Lisbeth Ash, Alabama-‐West Florida Conference Sandy Arakawa Henry, Holston Conference Amy Guyer, California-‐Nevada Conference Rev. David E. McDonald, East Ohio Madison McRill, Holston Conference Rev. Julia Webb-‐Bowden, North Carolina Conference Deaconness Kelly Tazuko Marciales, Alaska Missionary Conference
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Rev. Pamela Osborne, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. William Gordon, Pacific Northwest Conference Sandra White, Rio Texas Conference Elisa Gatz, Northern Illinois Conference K.T. Grace, North Georgia Conference Erin Ferguson, Pacific Northwest Conference Patricia Ferguson, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Virginia Wheeler, California Pacific Conference Mary Lynn, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Devon Herrell, Michigan Conference Rev. Barbara Nixon, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Dr. Grace Cajiuat, Wisconsin Conference Sean Bloom, Western North Carolina Conference Rev. D. Stephen Long, Indiana Conference Rev. Sandie Richards, California Pacific Conference Ted Brosius, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Michelle Ozier Wallace, North Alabama Conference Rev. Lindsey Long Joyce, Northern Illinois Conference Kellye Noret, Rio Texas Conference Rev. Paul G. Donelson, Michigan Conference Rev. Rosa Yeonshin Lee, Northern Illinois Conference Rev. Paul Hyerncherl Lee, Northern Illinois Conference Judy Coffee, Michigan Conference Beryl Gilbert Dixon, North Georgia Conference Rev. Michael Hart, Yellowstone Conference Rosalee Mohney, Pacific Northwest Conference Amy Jubie Shephard, Pacific Northwest Conference Trisha Johnsen, Indiana Conference Rev. Denise Mullaney, North Alabama Conference Rev. Alyssa Baker, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Cheryl Niehaus, Pacific Northwest Conference Michael Niehaus, Pacific Northwest Conference Sarah Moon, West Ohio Conference Rev. Anna Ecklebarger Salas, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Cathlynn Law, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Jarell Wilson, Rio Texas Conference Rev. Dr. Jeanne G. Knepper, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Sarah Beck, Mountain Sky Conference Charlotte Kiyan Thompson, Pacific Northwest Conference Alexa Eisenbarth, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Dr. Evelyn R. McDonald, New York Conference Brittney Gilleland, Illinois Great Rivers Conference Lindsay Sturtevant, Pacific Northwest Conference Mindy Meyn, Alaska Missionary Conference
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Rev. Katy Shedlock, Pacific Northwest Conference Laurie Ladbury Beithan, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Holly Reinhart-‐Merean, California Pacific Conference Rev. Tom Reinhart-‐Merean, California Pacific Conference Amory Peck, Pacific Northwest Conference Sarah Hart Shafer, Desert Southwest Conference John Angermayer, Mountain Sky Conference Rev. Elizabeth Jones, New York Conference Rev. Ardis Letey, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Linda Richard, Illinois Great Rivers Conference Paul Marston, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. D. Stephen Long, Indiana Conference Rev. Stephan Ross, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Donna Fisher, North Georgia Conference Samuel Mudge, Upper New York Conference Tamara J. Mucha, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Lyn Rush, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Tallessyn Grenfell-‐Lee, New England Conference Rev. Kathy Brockman, North Georgia Conference Rev. Jeffrey Pugh, Virginia Conference Jeff Wiley, Pacific Northwest Conference Riva Tabelisma, Minnesota Conference Carol May, Alaska Missionary Conference Rev. Nancy Freitchen Gibson, East Ohio Conference Rev. Rebecca Wieringa, Michigan Conference Kristina Sinks, California-‐Nevada Conference Rev. Mary Kay Will, California Pacific Conference Rev. Megan Stowe, New England Conference Rev. Cynthia Good, New England Conference Rev. Suzanne Wenonah Duchesne, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Rev. Ginger Gaines-‐Cirelli, Baltimore-‐Washington Conference Lisa Coles, Florida Conference Phaedra Chandler, Rio Texas Conference Rev. Deanne Lowman, Upper New York Conference Mona Bomgaars, California-‐Pacific Conference Rev. Jennifer Curran, New England Conference Rev. Melvin Woodworth, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Lisa Petty, Mountain Sky Conference Lisa Blum, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Allen Ewing-‐Merrill, New England Conference Leroy Stulce, Desert Southwest Conference Rev. Matthew Johnson, North Georgia Conference Deaconness Amy Reimer, Northern Illinois Conference Rev. Molly Moore, Missouri Conference
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Rev. Sara Ewing-‐Merrill, New England Conference Rev. Nick Nicholas, Northern Illinois Conference Rev. Amy Beth Coleman, Virginia Conference Rev. Justin Hildebrandt, New England Conference Paula James, North Carolina Conference Corrine Travis, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Dr. Sam Persons Parkes, Alabama-‐West Florida Conference Rev. Kyle Gould, East Ohio Conference Rev. Dr. Emily Peck-‐McClain, New York Conference Zoe Peck-‐McClain, child, New York Conference Rev. Mary Rawlinson, Northern Illinois Conference Kristy Besada, New England Conference Rev. Dr. Brett Webb-‐Mitchell, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Lara Bolger, Pacific Northwest Conference Ron Bruce, California Pacific Conference Bonnie Bruce, California Pacific Conference Austin Wall, Tennessee Conference Kay Guy, California Pacific Conference Jessica Seargeant, California Pacific Conference Abigail Durden, North Texas Conference Maia Adolph, Pacific Northwest Conference Mark Adolph, Pacific Northwest Conference Stephanie Henry, Pacific Northwest Conference Brian Henry, Pacific Northwest Conference Patricia Anderson, conference not documented Mary Kooistra, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Richenda Fairhurst, Pacific Northwest and Oregon Idaho Conferences Rev. Taylor Driskill Pafford, North Georgia Conference Claire Asbury Lennox, North Georgia Conference Hannah Wynn, Pacific Northwest Conference Jan Nelson, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Emily Adams, West Ohio Conference Rev. Doris K. Dalton, New York Conference Rev. Melissa Hinnen, New York Conference Rev. Michelle Estelle Lewis, New York Conference Rev. Wesley Palmer, New England Conference Paula Ewing Kling, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Lydia Munoz, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Rev. James McIntire, Eastern Pennsyvlania Conference Brinna Kolitz, New York Conference Rev. Douglas P. Cunningham, New York Conference Rev. J. Michael Cobb, New York Conference Rev. Susan Chupungco, New York Conference Rev. Joy Rikard Brown, North Georgia Conference
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Julia A. Arms Meeks, North Georgia Conference Anna Kelly-‐Leary, North Georgia Conference Rev. Dr. K Karpen, New York Conference Rev. Dr. Benny Custodio, New York Conference Melissa Iutzi Calvillo, Great Plains Conference Rev. Kathy Cheney Egan, Northern Illinois Conference Deb Robine, Iowa Conference Sean Crews, Oklahoma Conference Rev. Jordan Shaw, New England Conference Beth Bond, North Georgia Conference Rev. Kathleen Wilder, Missouri Conference Rev. Dr. Hope N. Luckie, New England Conference Rev. Carlos Uroza, Tennessee Conference Margaret Ann Hall, North Carolina Conference Doug Palmer, Mountain Sky Conference Rev. Eric Conklin, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Julia Frisbie, Pacific Northwest Conference Karen Podett, North Georgia Conference Rev. Clinton W. Spence, North Carolina Conference Walter Wood, North Texas Conference Randall Cathcart Jr., New England Conference Rev. Carolyn Carnes, Illinois Great Rivers Conference Michelle Okabayashi, New York Conference Whitney Forck, Pacific Northwest Conference Janet Allen Oak, Virginia Conference Anna Boyd, Pacific Northwest Conference V. Leanne Frank, North Georgia Conference John Regier, New England Conference Rex Burruss, North Georgia Conference Rev. Pat Watkins, Virginia Conference Rev. Bob Ward, Pacific Northwest Conference Gail Dahl, Alaska Missionary Conference Rev. Kathleen A. Herington, West Ohio Conference Christine Ewing, New England Conference Rev. Annie Baker-‐Streevy, New England Conference Rev. John Baker-‐Streevy, New England Conference Rev. Daryl Blanksma, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. Matt Willis-‐Goode, New England Conference Rev. Juli Reinholz, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Paul J. Mallory, Michigan Conference Bethany Sullivan, New England Conference Rev. Freddrick Long, Holston Conference Rev. Judith Anna, Holston Conference Teri Tobey, Pacific Northwest Conference
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Rev. Dr. Earl Guy, California Pacific Conference Rev. April Casperson, West Ohio Conference Rev. Kendra Behn-‐Smith, Pacific Northwest Conference Shaylyn Johanson, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Joanne Miles, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Rev. Alex da Silva Souto, New York Conference Marie Kuch-‐Stanovsky, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Karina Feliz, New York Conference Rev. Dan Lebo, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Rev. Jimmy Moor, North Georgia Conference Rev. Joseph D. Kim, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Dr. Jessica L. Anschutz, New York Conference Rev. Billy Kurtz, Holston Conference Dani Levine, New York Conference Ellen Johanson, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Clarissa Fuentes, Western North Carolina Conference Amanda Yarbrough, North Texas Conference Vivian R Rogers, Virginia Conference Rev. Katherine Mitchell, New England Conference Erich Deptolla, Northern Illinois Conference Lauren Elizabeth Summerville, Texas Conference Jeanne Wallace, North Georgia Conference Rev. Thomas Boller, Mountain Sky Conference Liz Larson-‐Shidler, Detroit Conference Rev. Paula Champion Jones, North Alabama Conference Rev. Hannah Hooks, AME Clergy, 10th Episcopal District BJ Eldred, Alaska Missionary Conference Nancy Graves-‐Cronin, Minnesota Conference Karyn Talbot-‐Russ, East Ohio Conference Peggy R. Gaylord, Upper New York Conference Dina Wilson, Rio Texas Conference Donna Blanton, North Georgia Conference Cherie Boeneman, Michigan Conference Susan Knight, North Carolina Conference Suzanne Stampley, Tennessee Conference Shirley Durr, Minnesota Conference Mary Petersson, Minnesota Conference Cheryl Stratton, New England Conference Brenda Romero, Louisiana Conference Frances Barrett, Tennessee Conference Connie Miller, West Ohio Conference Mike Cate, Central Texas Conference Jason Metcalf Lindberger, Pacific Northwest Conference Terry Munson, Pacific Northwest Conference
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Megan Munson, Pacific Northwest Conference Shelly Jones Hogan, Pacific Northwest Conference Patty Stunkard Anderson, Pacific Northwest Conference Carla Corsilles-‐Roque, Pacific Northwest Conference Dorothy Metcalf-‐Lindenburger, Pacific Northwest Conference Gretchen Holtz, Pacific Northwest Conference Jenny Miller, Pacific Northwest Conference Rowena Lopez, Pacific Northwest Conference Jonathon Tong, Pacific Northwest Conference Tara Ray, Pacific Northwest Conference Elizabeth Valbuena, Pacific Northwest Conference Princess Yalung, Pacific Northwest Conference Amy Bjorn, Pacific Northwest Conference James Toycen, Pacific Northwest Conference Marin Miller Bam, Pacific Northwest Conference Matthew Munson, Pacific Northwest Conference Stephanie J. Deckard Henry, Pacific Northwest Conference Bridget Dahlman-‐Oeth, Pacific Northwest Conference Gina del Rosario-‐Martin, Pacific Northwest Conference Erin Dahlman-‐Oeth, Pacific Northwest Conference Bill Peregrine, Pacific Northwest Conference Kevin Osborne, Pacific Northwest Conference Rev. Karen Martin, Illinois Great Rivers Conference Belinda White Crisman, North Georgia Conference Tim Boone, North Georgia Conference Joy Parmelee Wilcox, Susquehanna Conference Kate Stull, Missouri Conference Cindy Wood, North Texas Conference Claire Wood, Central Texas Conference Rev. Ron Matthews, Holston Conference Kassie May, Pacific Northwest Conference Murray J Bickel, Western Pennsylvania Conference Barbara McIntosh, North Texas Conference Rev. Clayton Peak, Missouri Conference Rev. Brenda S. Wills, Oregon-‐Idaho Conference Rev. John Robert Elford, Rio Texas Conference Kimberly Glass, North Alabama Conference Jamie Glass, North Alabama Conference Alberta Coulter, North Alabama Conference Paula Crosby, North Alabama Conference
Bishop David W. Graves, Alabama-‐West Florida Conference
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Rev. Debora K Bishop, District Superintendent, Mobile District, Alabama-‐West Florida Conference Bishop Sharma D. Lewis, Virginia Conference Rev. Catherine G. Abbot, District Superintendent, Arlington District, Virginia Conference
***A Note on the list of names, titles, and conferences: This complaint grew very quickly, and the authors have done their best to prevent any duplication of names, and to indicate those with clergy standing with the honorific “Rev” before their name. We recognize that there are several who are in pastoral capacities who might not use or have that title, and so for any inconsistency on that matter, we apologize. All such errors are wholly those of Rev. Dave Wright, the primary editor of this complaint.