Ecumenical Delegates To General Conference

INTRODUCTIONS—APRIL 26, 2012 7:30 PM

ARGENTINE EVANGELICAL METHODIST CHURCH

Bishop Frank de Nully Brown

Patricia Isabel Groeting

EVANGELICAL METHODIST CHURCH IN BOLIVIA

Bishop Javier Rojas Teran

Gladys Sánchez Peña

METHODIST CHURCH IN BRAZIL

Bishop Adonias Pereira Do Lago

Bishop (Bispa) Marisa de Freitas Ferreira

Paulo Roberto de Lima Bruhn

METHODIST CHURCH OF CHILE

Bishop Mario Cesar Martinez Tapia

Catherine Michel Elgueta Fajardo

EVANGELICAL METHODIST CHURCH OF COSTA RICA

Bishop Luis Palomo

Lidda Cascante

METHODIST CHUIRCH IN CUBA

Bishop Ricardo Pereira Diaz

Maria Isabel Noal Baez

DOMINICAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Rev. Miguel Angel Cancu Drullard

Deisy Polanco Estrella

EVANGELICAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF ECUADOR

Bishop Silvio Felix Cervallos Parra

THE METHODIST CHURCH IN BRITAIN

Rev. Carla Hall

David Bradwell

Rev. Andrew Wood

Christine Elliott

THE METHODIST CHURCH OF HONG KONG

Rev. Tin Yau Yuen

Stuart Chen

METHODIST CHURCH IN INDIA

Rev. Ashish Joseph Maxton

Vasanth Bollipalli

Rekha Ashokbhai  Parmar

METHODIST CHURCH OF INDONESIA

Bishop Amat Tumino

Osberth Sinaga

Tiolina Siregar

KOREAN METHODIST CHURCH

Rev. Soo Hyun Nam

Rev. Yong Yoon Lee

Ki-Pyung Nam

THE METHODIST CHURCH IN MALAYSIA

Bishop Yung Hwa

Che Suan Boh

Liong-Yung Wong

METHODIST CHURCH OF THE CARIBBEAN AND THE AMERICAS

President Heinsley Augustus Johnson

Shirley Winslow Proctor

METHODIST CHURCH OF MEXICO

Bishop Juan Pluma Morales

Esther Cano

THE METHODIST CHURCH OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR (LOWER MYANMAR)

Bishop Saw Shwe

Daw Kyin Thein

EVANGELICAL METHODIST CHURCH OF PANAMA

Bishop Pablo Morales Vega

Lupita Norma Salmon

METHODIST CHURCH OF PERU

Bishop Edilberto-Jorge Bravo-Caballero

Guillermo Yoshikawa Torres

EVANGELICAL METHODIST CHURCH OF THE PHILIPPINES

Rev. Nathanael Payawal Lazaro

Bernard Bernardo Gorospe

THE METHODIST CHURCH OF PUERTO RICO

Rev. Nydia M. Rios-Gabriel

Felix Angulo-Rodriguez

THE METHODIST CHURCH IN SINGAPORE

President Chin Chung Chong

Premkumar Thambiraj

METHODIST CHURCH OF URUGUAY

Rev. (President) Raul A. Sosa

Marcela Evelyn Robaina

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN THE PHILIPPINES

Bishop Elorde Mendoza Sambat


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