Assigned to the Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone Conferences,
Bishop Elaine J. W. Stanovsky is the Episcopal leader for the Denver Area.
Bishop Stanovsky comes to us from her post as Seattle District Superintendent and Dean of the Cabinet. She managed two districts with 98 churches prior to this, and has been Director of Connectional Ministries, head of the Church Council of Greater Seattle, and a local church pastor. She is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound (a UM-related school) and Harvard Divinity School (1981).
She was a young adult observer at the 1972 General Conference and has been both lay head of delegation in 1976 and clergy head of delegation in 1996, 2000, and 2004, and was a delegate to the most recent General Conference in Fort Worth in April-May, 2008. She has been involved extensively in ecumenical organizations, including the World Council of Churches and the Consultation on Church Union.
She has spoken out on a number of concerns of the society and culture, including immigration, war and peace, racial justice and multi-cultural community, homelessness, sexual orientation, and apartheid.
She is noted for innovative leadership in her local church work and in her administrative work.
In a brief statement on her profile form as a candidate, Bishop Stanovsky wrote:
Each generation is called to carry the gospel to a new generation. The United Methodist Church is poised to engage a multi-cultural, globally conscious generation with the good news of Jesus Christ. Our Wesleyan heritage offers rich resources for this mission:
· enthusiasm for sharing the grace and love of Jesus
· passion for ministry with poor and marginalized people
· a love of knowledge and of the natural world
· confidence in the power of the Holy Spirit to transform and make new
· a "catholic spirit" of fellowship with any whose "heart is as my heart"
· educated clergy in partnership with empowered laity
· a lay movement of small groups for faith formation.
Since my youth God has called and empowered me for ministries of renewal and oversight. I continue to say, "yes," to God's claim on my life.
I love the church that nurtured and ordained me. I yearn and work for the church God calls us to become.
Bishop Stanovsky is married to Clinton, an environmental consultant,
and has 3 boys, Axel, Micah and Walker.
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