A Bishop For Northwest Texas
The Web Pages of the Nominating Committee for the Fifth Bishop of
The Diocese of Northwest Texas
For a bit more information about the election process and schedule, chick here.
The Latest News on our Process--The most recent news is at the bottom of the window.
December 17, 2007
The Nominating Committee has reviewed the written responses of the nominees for our next Bishop, and we have asked several of these to continue in our process. The next step will be telephone interviews that will be held early in 2008. We are on course to present the Diocese with three to five names on or around March 3rd.
Please keep the Nominating Committee and all those involved in our search process in your prayers in the weeks ahead.
January 14, 2008
The Nominating Committee has held
telephone interviews with all the current candidates, and will be visiting a
number of them in the weeks ahead. Interview teams will make these on-site
visits during the next few weeks, and the whole committee will meet again in
mid-February to hear the reports of the teams. The canonically required
background checks are also in the works. We are on course to present the Diocese
with three to five names on or around March 3rd.
Please keep the Nominating Committee and all those involved in our search process in your prayers in the weeks ahead.
February 19, 2008
By now, all of the interview teams have made their visits to the ministry locations of the current candidates. We will meet again this Saturday to review our findings and take the last steps toward presenting the Diocese with a slate of three to five nominees by the first few days in March.
Once more, we ask your prayers as we move through this difficult process of discernment.
April 17, 2008
We have run into a snag in our process, and things will take a bit longer than we had planned. Please click here to see today's note from the Standing Committee on the status of our search.
April 28, 2008
A second call for nominations, including a copy of the Nomination Form, can be found here. This letter also includes an outline of the new time-line for the election.
July 15, 2008
We have received several nominations during this second time of having nominations. At present, the Committee is reviewing the nominations and planning for telephone interviews and visits with those nominees we wish to continue in the process. We hope to have a slate to present to the Standing Committee by September.
August 12, 2008
Teams from the Committee are now making site visits to a number of applicants. We will soon meet and decide on a slate to present to the Standing Committee. We expect to do that by early September, with the Walk-About through the diocese by the Nominees about a month later. While the date of the electing Convention has not yet been set, it will probably be in November.
August 23, 2008
A slate of Nominees for the fifth bishop of Northwest Texas should be announced by the Standing Committee by the 15th of September. Information about the Nominees will be available on the Diocesan Web Site soon after that; as will be information concerning Nominations by Petition. The Nominating Committee rejoices to see this aspect of our charge nearing completion.
The Standing Committee
of our diocese has presented to the diocese a slate of five nominees for the
next Bishop of Northwest Texas. The Nominees, their resumes, and their responses
to three of the questions asked to all of those who were interviewed by the
Committee can be found here. Other Nominees can be added by petition. Please
contact the Diocesan Offices for more information on Nomination by Petition.
The Nominees will be in the diocese from November 10 to 15, with gatherings to
be held in each Deanery. The Electing Convention will be at St. Paul's in
Lubbock on November 22, 2008. The Consecration is scheduled for Saturday, March
21st, 2009 at First Methodist Church in Lubbock. Our new Bishop will assume
office upon his or her Consecration.