SUPPORTERS of the Statement of Commitment (1998-2000)
The Statement of Commitment was originally released on Monday, March 2, 1998 and was "retired" on December 24, 2000, before the 2001-2004 Book of Discipline went into effect. This document remains posted for historical reference purposes. It was signed by 378 clergy. Click a hyperlinked name to read the signer's personal witness regarding this Statement of Commitment. CORNET is no longer taking signatures for this document. All who signed did so before General Conference of 2000. An asterisk (*)indicates names that came via In All Things Charity.
Alaska Missionary
- Kim Poole
Baltimore-Washington
- Chip Aldridge
- Kathleen M. Black
- Jackson H. Day (Honorable Location, Christ UMC, Columbia, Maryland)
- Douglas E. Fox
- Arthur Dan Gleckler*
- Harry C. Kiely
- Donna J. Martin*
- Ralph L. Minker
- Howard Nash
- Tom Starnes
- L. Carroll Yingling, Jr.*
- Ira G. Zepp, Jr.*
California-Nevada
- John Auer
- Robert W. Blaney
- Debra L. Brady
- Richard Bruner
- Jerry Carter
- Rolfe J. Conrad
- Sherron Courneen
- James H. Corson
- Alfred S. Dale
- Donna Morrow DeCamp
- Sharon Delgado
- Nadine S. DeWitt
- Jan Everhart
- Don Fado
- David Franks
- Glenn Fuller
- Alice Ann Glenn
- Joan Granander*
- C.D. Hayward*
- Thomas Hick
- Bruce Hilton
- Carolyn S. Hinshaw
- Elbert D. Hoffman
- William Johnson
- Allan B. Jones*
- Frank Kimper
- Stephen Lee
- Sam Leonard
- Charles Lerrigo
- Susan Meikle
- Douglas J. Monroe
- John V. Moore
- David Leeper Moss
- Karen Oliveto
- Elane O'Rourke
- Ronald Parker
- Mary K. Parker-Eves*
- Philip Peace
- Kathleen Pope
- Janet Saavedra*
- Christine E. Shiber
- Richard A. Schlosser
- Betsy Schwarzentraub
- Judy Shook
- Barbara J. Smith*
- John Song
- Paul Sweet*
- Margo Tenold
- H.A. "Bud" Tillinghast
- Gilbert H. Vieira*
- Lloyd K. Wake
- Lee Williamson
California-Pacific
- Ann Broyles
- James Conn
- Fran Cooper-Materra
- Susan Halcomb Craig (mod)
- Morris Floyd
- Katherine S. Gara
- Tom Griffith
- Ed Hansen
- Diane Kenney (mod)
- Holly Reinhart-Marean
- Tom Reinhart-Marean
- Allen J. Moore
- Mary Elizabeth Moore
- Gregory Norton
- Larry Peacock
- Sandie Richards
- M. Andrew Robinson-Gaither
- Perry Wiggins
- Frank Wulf
Central New York
- Donald Robert Hoff
- L. Paul Pitkin*
- Earl M. Smith*
Central Texas
- Annette Vanzant Williams
- Mike Wright-Chapman
Desert-Southwest
- Robert Fraley
- Lori Martin-DeWitt*
- Richard E. Lyddon
- Anthony James Tang*
- Lucy Jones-Voisey
- David Wilkinson
Detroit
- Sara Griffin
- Robert C. Hastings*
- Marjorie H. Munger
- Connie S. Porter
- James P. Schwandt
- Bea Soots
- Eric A. Stone
East Ohio
- Bill Casto
- Phillip H. Gillis*
- David D. Golby
- Alfred Hubler
- Don W. Kuntz
- Paul G. Schurman
- Sue Spirit
- Thomas S. Taylor
Eastern Pennsylvania
- Arthur Brandenburg
- David Wesley Brown
- Robert G. Coombe
- Colleen Kristula
- Theodore W. Loder
- William R. Marlow*
- James F. McIntire
- Jay R. Newlin
- John R. Pritchard, Jr.*
- Jared Rardin*
- Kenneth Rowe*
- Amy C. Smith*
- David Tatgenhorst
- Hal Taussig
- Timothy S. Thomson-Hohl
- Adele Wilcox*
- Ruth Hope Woodlen*
Illinois Great Rivers
- Jack Cramer-Heuerman
- Janet E. Eggleston
- Joseph N. Peacock
- Marshall R. Semingson*
Iowa
- W. Michael Biklen
- Howard J. Eldrenkamp*
- Karl Giese*
- David R. Holmes
- Jim Kledis
- William Olmsted*
- Tim Tennant-Jayne
- Harold J. Wells*
- Carl E. Wilson*
Florida
- Martha Rutland-Wallis
Kansas-East
- Kelly Willoughby
Kansas-West
- Chuck Chipman
Kentucky
- Gilbert Schroerlucke
Lousiana
- Robert K. Martin*
Minnesota
- Dennis J. Alexander
- Elton W. Brown*
- Linda Day
- Marylee Fithian
- Naomi Jackson
- Walter Lockhart
- Roger Lynn
- Gordon Minehart
- Laurits "Larry" Nielsen
- Jeanne Audrey Powers
- Jean E. Rollin
- Kenneth I. Rowe
- Donald Utzman*
- Judith J. WestLee
Missouri-East
- Nancy A. Richards*
Missouri-West
- John R. Harrison
- Cheryl Lynn Wofford Hill, OSL
Nebraska
- Doyle Burbank-Williams
- Jimmy Creech
- R. Benjamin Garrison
- Mark Kemling
- Susan L. Mullins
- James Wallasky
New England
- Amy Allentzhauser
- Susan M. Davenport*
- S. Graham DeCoster
- Judith A. Gould
- Richard Harding*
- Sam Hedrick*
- Mark Henderson
- Nancy Hetherington
- Peter A. Hey
- Yeager Hudson
- Evan R. Johnson
- Peter L. Misner*
- Jay P. Mitchell*
- Philip G. Palmer*
- Sydney Pierce*
- Beverly Prestwood-Taylor
- Bruce Prestwood-Taylor
- Marilyn Owen Robb
- Ruth E. S. Robinson*
- Donald J. Rudalevige*
- Julie Todd
- Elizabeth Vernon
- Wesley Williams
New Mexico
- Helen R. Neinast
New York
- Joe Agne
- Leonard S. Buxton*
- Nancy A. Carter
- John Collins*
- Dorothea Crites*
- George C. Engelhardt*
- Ariel Ferrari
- Stephen Goldstein*
- James Karpen
- Wayne Lavendar
- Phyllis J. Leopold*
- David J. Lull
- George McClain
- James R. McGraw*
- Martha V. Morrison
- Ralph W. Mueckenheim
- Carmen Ortiz
- Richard Parker
- Schuyler Rhodes
- Judith Stevens
North Carolina
- John D. Klein*
North Georgia
- Kempton Haynes, Jr.*
North Indiana
- Ronald Dixon*
- Mike Mather
- Linda Van Horn
- Lawrence VanVactor-Lee, OSL
Northern Illinois
- Fred A. Berchtold
- B.J. Birkhahn-Rommelfanger
- Sally Bowers*
- Greg Dell*
- Larry G. Dutenhaver*
- Dawn Gotoh*
- Lynda Hawkins
- Marsha Holt*
- Carl Hood*
- Linda Hood*
- Marsha Hott*
- Erika Lemke Hundrieser
- Robert D. Kraft*
- Kermit Krueger
- Don C. Leo*
- L. Dean Miller*
- Nicholas S. Mitrovich
- Bettye S. Mixon*
- Paul "Nick" Nicholas
- Nina Nichols*
- Rita M. Root
- Martha M. Schmidt*
- Lisa Eileen Telomen*
- Richard Tholin*
- G. Kenneth Tulloch*
Northern New Jersey
- Dan R. Bottorff
- Jeff Edwards
- Lisanne Finston
- David J. Roberts III
- Susan Trumbetta
Oklahoma
- Michael A. Asher
- Bob Bjorklund
- Jeni Markham Clewell
- Mark Youmans Davies*
- Jim Gragg
- Dennis C. Jones
- Tish Malloy
- Leslie Penrose (withdrew from UMC, 1999)
- Susan Ross
- Todd A. Spencer
Oregon-Idaho
- George Allen
- Dana L. Brown*
- Richard F. Burdon
- Kristan M. Burkert
- Marcia Hauer
- Gerry Hill
- Ted L. Hulbert
- Jeanne Knepper
- Alice Knotts
- Paul LaRue
- Genevieve O. Massie
- John Schweibert
- Charles Wallace, Jr.
- Dee-dee Walters
Pacific-Northwest
- Jan Anderson
- Kay Barckley
- Paul J. Beeman
- Jan Bolerjack*
- Joanne Brown
- Joanne Coleman Campbell
- Jeanne Harvey Duncan
- Karla Fredericksen
- Jim Head-Corliss
- Marion Kline
- Katie Ladd
- Tom Martin
- Sharon Moe
- Kathryn Neary
- King Rockhill*
- Judy Schultz
- Patricia Simpson
- Jerry F. Smith
- Richard Smith
- Jana Smith-Worden
- Robert W. Stevenson
- Mark Edward Williams
Peninsula-Delaware
- C. Richard Cox*
- Vernon Schmid
Rocky Mountain
- Linda Downey
- John Ed. Francis
- Russ Hawkins
- J. Donald Hughes (clergy on honorable location)
- Bill Kirton*
- Eun-sang Lee
- Joretta L. Marshall
- Paul Murphy
- Jan Monroe Sumner*
- Kay Gardner Wallace
- Clair P. Zilm
South Carolina
- Risher Brabham
- Elizabeth Collier
South Indiana
- Henry Gerner
Southwest Texas
- Richard Bates*
- Richard K. Heacock, Jr.
- Wilson Wade*
Tennessee
- Judy W. Loehr*
- Beth A. Richardson
Troy
- Steven C. Clunn
- Royal Fishbeck, Jr.*
- David Vallelunga*
Virginia
- size="3">Robert H. Eason*
- size="3">Youtha C. Hardman-Cromwell
- Robert T. Thomason
West Michigan
- Marguerite Bermann*
- Cheryl Bistayi*
- Joe Bistayi*
- Tim Boal
- Ellen A. Brubaker*
- Leonard R. Schoenherr*
- Steven Michael Smith
- Gerald L. Toshalis
- Stephen Weinberger
Western New York
- Allyn C. Foster
- Victor Metivier
- Brian Rotach
Western North Carolina
- Wayne Marshall Jones
- Karen E. Kaser Odor
- Mark A. Rouch*
West Ohio
- Chester V. Chambers
- Laurie Clark
- Anthony N. Drake*
- Rebecca Gifford-Mitchell
- Jerry Hill
- Bruce T. McDaniel
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West Virginia
- Stephen Swecker
Western Pennsylvania
- R. Craig Bennet, OSL
- Suzanne D. Bennett
- J. Howard Cherry, OSL
- John Patrick Colatch
- Jennifer Kimball Casto
- James D. Hammerlee
- Scott R. McCormick
- Maurine C. Waun
Wisconsin
- Robert Millner Adams
- Nancy Bauer-King*
- Doug Dowling
- Kenneth Engelman
- Linda J. Gesling
- David S. Hinshaw
- Edward F. Johnson*
- John Kruse
- James E. Miller
- Joyce Rinehart
- Wesley White
Wyoming
- William Bouton
- Guy Burt
- Kenneth R. Carder
- Gary E. Doupe
- Paul W. Gere
- Amy B. Gregory
- Stephen Heiss
- Vicki Johnson
- Charles H. Lippy
- Brolin C. Parker
- Roger Richards
- E. Allen Siebold
Yellowstone
- Edward H. Folkwein
- John S. Lewis
- Janet M. Walsh
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