According to the Reconciling Ministry Network, there are 632 members in the network. There are many in California. But I was surprised to learn that there are only about 20 churches and organizations in the California-Pacific Annual Conference. Let me list them alphabetically.
Brea UMC, Brea
Christ Church UMC, Santa Rosa
Church in Ocean Park, Santa Monica
Claremont UMC, Claremont
Crescenta Valley UMC, Montrose
First UMC, Pasadena
Hollywood UMC, Hollywood
La Tijera UMC, Los Angeles
Malibu UMC, Malibu
Mesa Verde UMC, Costa Mesa
North Oxnard UMC, Oxnard
Pacific Beach UMC, San Diego
Palm Springs UMC, Palm Springs
San Luis Obispo UMC, San Luis Obispo
St. Paul’s UMC, Redondo Beach
United Campus Ministry at UC Riverside
United University Church, Los Angeles
Wesley Foundation- UCLA
Wesley Foundation – UC Santa Barbara
Westchester UMC, Los Angeles
Wilshire UMC, Los Angeles
This tells me that we have a lot of work to do in order to transform our conference to be a reconciling conference as it is happening in other parts of the US, especially in the California-Nevada Annual Conference. May it be so.
Pastor Keith