Our Bishop
Bishop Jane Stewart Allen Middleton
Susquehanna Conference
The United Methodist Church
The Susquehanna Conference website, www.susumc.org, is the first of many firsts for our new conference. As you navigate this site I hope you will sense the excitement we feel as a new conference, bound together in mission and ministry. We offer multiple opportunities for resourcing your ministry and assisting you in your journey in faith. Together we are committed to making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!
The Susquehanna Conference is being challenged through the image of river to allow God’s spirit to guide us in a new future. We have stated our vision: “People alive in mission and ministry as God leads us on a Christ-centered journey of faith.” We are focusing on resourcing our churches to be vital and growing in faith and ministry.
We understand our primary task to be
Equipping and deploying leaders, both clergy and lay;
Equipping local churches to be vital and growing;
Engaging in mission beyond the walls of the church.
If you are looking for a church home, we invite you to visit one of the 934 churches in our
conference. There is a place for you where you can experience God’s love and grace and find meaning for your life.
May God work miracles in your life!
Bishop Jane Allen Middleton
Jane Stewart Allen Middleton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Dorothy Mae Nelson and Jack Allen. Because of her father’s work in sales and marketing management for an oil company, they moved frequently living in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
She met her husband, Jack, at Oklahoma State University and they were married October 15, 1961. They have two daughters, Mari and Laura and four grandchildren.
Bishop Middleton received a B.S. in Education in 1962 from Oklahoma State and taught at Sumner High School in St. Louis. She spent many years as a stay-at-home mom, active in her church and community in Oklahoma and Connecticut.
A 1978 graduate of Yale Divinity School, she was ordained deacon in 1977 and elder in 1980 by Bishop Ralph Wardin the New York Annual Conference and served churches in Simsbury, Naugatuck, and New Canaan, CT.
She was responsible for Spiritual Life for clergy and laity on Conference staff and was District Superintendent from 1999 until her election to the episcopacy in the Northeastern Jurisdiction in 2004. She trained at the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and leads retreats and conferences on the spiritual life. Upon her assignment to the Harrisburg Area, her emphasis has been assisting churches in growth and in empowering clergy for effectiveness.
Contact Information
303 Mulberry Drive
Suite 100
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
Phone: 717.766.7871
Bishop Jane Allen Middleton:
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