A message from Virginia Conference’s new Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson
Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference
November 2-4, 2022 | Lake Junaluska, NC
Jurisdictions are regional bodies that:
- Promote the evangelistic, missionary, educational, and benevolent interest and institutions of The United Methodist Church;
- Elect and deploy bishops to residential assignments;
- Appoint various committees to nominate leaders to serve within our jurisdiction and at the broader, general UMC level.; and,
- Support and hold accountable the ministries of the jurisdiction.
EPISCOPAL NOMINEES
Additional information provided by each episcopal nominee can be found here.
VIRGINIA CONFERENCE DELEGATION
The SEJ delegation also includes those people elected to General Conference.
Click here to download a list of names with their email addresses (pdf)
Click here to download a list of names with their email addresses (Excel)
SOUTHEASTERN JURISDICTION WEBSITE
News from the Conference
Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson assigned to Virginia
November 4, 2022 Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson was assigned to the Virginia Conference (Richmond Episcopal Area) during the morning business session on November 4, 2022 during the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. Bishop Haupert-Johnson was elected bishop by the...
SEJ passes three resolutions in evening session
By Jessica Brodie LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina Nov. 3, 2022—With episcopal elections finished, delegates to the 2022 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference turned their attention to three resolutions, ultimately passing all of them Thursday night even amid much...
‘You are my family’ Dr. Robin Dease elected SEJ’s third bishop
By Jessica Brodie LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina—It took the entire afternoon and into the evening, but on the 25th ballot of the 2022 session, the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference elected South Carolina’s Dr. Robin Dease as its third and final bishop. Dease’s...
SEJ Thursday Morning Brings Strong Word but No Election
By Jessica Brodie LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina - Nov. 3, 2022—Day Two of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference started with much hope there would be the third and final episcopal election that morning. But after two invalid votes and the withdrawal from the...
SEJ elects Shelton as bishop, explores resolutions and hears thoughts on future from young people
By Jessica Brodie LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina (Nov. 2, 2022)—SEJ elected Dr. Connie Shelton as its second bishop late Wednesday, ending a day filled with 12 ballots, passage of a $1.5 million jurisdictional budget, committee reports and a bit of contention over...
SEJ elects first bishop of session
By Jessica Brodie LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina—“We have an election.” With those words from Bishop David Graves, the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference welcomed its first episcopal election of the 2022 session, announcing Tom Berlin as the first-elected bishop....
Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference elects Tom Berlin as bishop
By Heather Hahn Contributions by Madeline Pillow White Nov. 2, 2022 | LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (UM News) The Rev. Thomas M. Berlin, lead pastor of Floris United Methodist Church in Herndon, Virginia, has been elected as bishop in The United Methodist Church’s Southeastern...
Ballots continue during Nov. 2 SEJ afternoon session
By Madeline White Bishop Sharma D. Lewis, episcopal leader of the Richmond Area, presided over the afternoon session beginning at 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. Ballot #1 was shared, and there was no election. Three hundred and fifty-two (352) votes...
SEJ Kicks Off With Opening Worship, Morning Business, First Ballot
By Jessica Brodie LAKE JUNALUSKA, North Carolina—Delegates, reserves, bishops, volunteers and members of the media filled the seats of Stuart Auditorium early Wednesday, Nov. 2, for the first day of the 2022 session of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference. The...