Committee on Native American Ministry

Purpose

It is the responsibility of the Committee on Native American Ministry to assist the annual conference in establishing new churches and faith communities; advocate for inclusion of Native American United Methodists to serve at all levels of the church; determine the distribution of the Native American Ministries Sunday offering, coordinate the promotion of Native American Ministries Sunday, monitor Native American ministries within the annual conference; offer the gifts of the Native American Community to the annual conference; develop and support new and existing Native American churches and faith communities; identify, promote, and support the development of Native American clergy and lay leadership.

Committee Leadership

	First	Last	Role & Responsibility
	Nathan	Sam-Whistler	role: Chair responsibility:

Committee Members

First	Last	Role & Responsibility
Roy	Pina	role: Vice Chair responsibility:
Robin	Mathews-Johnson	role: Secretary responsibility:
Kevin	Murphy	role: Treasurer responsibility:
Isabel	Budinger	role: Member responsibility: Taino
Blake	Busick	role: Member responsibility: Great Northern District Superintendant-Cabinet Rep
Melanie	Kincheloe	role: Member responsibility:
Tom	Phillips	role: Member responsibility:
	Robbins	role: Member responsibility:
Falamao	Samate	role: Member responsibility: