Leadership

Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.  — 1 Peter 5:2–3 (NIV)

Following after the leadership examples throughout scripture, our leaders aspire to foster unity, spiritual growth, and a community that reflects the heart of Jesus. This approach strengthens the local church and makes it a compelling witness to our Christ-centered values and our strong moral character throughout our cities and communities.

Episcopal Leadership

Bishop Scott J. Jones
Bishop Scott Jones

Scott Jameson Jones is a bishop of The Global Methodist Church. He was born in 1954 in Nashville, Tennessee, and was raised in Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, and Colorado. He received degrees from the University of Kansas and Southern Methodist University. His Ph.D. dissertation research was focused on Wesley Studies and the history of biblical interpretation.

From 1986 to 1997 he served as pastor of three United Methodist congregations in the North Texas Conference. From 1997 to 2004 he served on the faculty of Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. There he taught courses in Evangelism, History of Christianity, United Methodist Studies, and Wesley Studies.

In 2004 he was elected a bishop of The United Methodist Church and served the Kansas Area 2004-2012, the Great Plains Area 2012-2016, and the Houston Area 2016-2022. In 2023 he was received as an elder and bishop in The Global Methodist Church.

He is the author or co-author of eleven books, most recently The Once and Future Wesleyan Movement and Scripture and the Wesleyan Way: A Bible Study on Real Christianity. Scott is married to Mary Lou Reece, who recently retired from being president of Reece Construction Company. They reside in Dallas, Texas, and have three children and seven grandchildren.

Conference Lay Leadership Team

Mr. Oscar Garza
Lay Leader - Texas
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Oscar L. Garza is an accountant and licensed attorney in Houston, Texas.  He is married to Lani Garza and has two daughters and four granddaughters.  Oscar and Lani are members of Atascocita Methodist Church (“AMC”). They joined AMC when their previous church did not disaffiliate.  During his forty-year professional career, Oscar worked for companies such as Exxon Company USA, Shell Oil Company, General Electric Company, Arthur Andersen and Deloitte before starting his own tax consulting firm and law firm in 2012.  In 2022, he sold the tax consulting firm to a global tax consulting organization.

Oscar is one of three lay leaders in the Trinity Conference.  He is also co-chair of the Trinity Conference 2024 Global Methodist Church (“GMC”) General Conference delegation.

Prior to joining the GMC, Oscar was actively involved in various agencies of the United Methodist Church (“UMC”).  His service included the following:

• Member of the General Board of Global Ministries.
• President of the United Methodist Church Foundation.
• Member of the Investment Committee of GCFA.
• 2016 General Conference alternate delegate from the Texas Annual Conference.
• 2019 Special Called General Conference delegate from the Texas Annual Conference.
• President of Houston Chapter of Justice for Our Neighbors an immigration legal services organization.

Outside of the UMC, Oscar served as president of the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans, a $15 million per year non-profit charter school and social services organization located in Houston, Texas. 

During Oscar’s time in the UMC, he was finance chair at his local church and was able to move the church to pay 100% of apportionments.  He also served on the Staff Parish Relationship committee and developed measurable metrics for clergy compensation and bonus. 

Oscar’s skill sets and experiences include organizational structures, parliamentary procedures, governance and legal jurisdiction.

Dr. Sarah Kreutziger
Lay Leader – Louisiana
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Dr. Sarah Sloan Kreutziger, co-Trinity Conference Lay Leader (Louisiana), is a member of Munholland Methodist Church in Metairie, Louisiana. She was a delegate to the Convening Global Methodist Church’s (GMC) General Conference in Costa Rica and is a Co-Chair of the Trinity Connectional Council with Carl Brothers (Arkansas) and Oscar Garzia (Texas). Sarah is an Emeritus Associate Professor of Tulane Graduate School of Social Work and has served widely in many Conference, District, and local church and community capacities, including Conference Lay Leader and General Conference delegate in a former denomination…as well as serving as president of six New Orleans’ civic organizations. She is an Emeritus member of the Duke Divinity School Board of Visitors and a long-time trustee of the Foundation for Evangelism (FFE). At Munholland, she currently chairs the Susie May Munholland Scholarship Committee (SMMSC). The SMMSC, with over a million dollars in assets, has sponsored ten Munholland member-candidates for full-time ordained ministry as well as other church-related opportunities for those discerning a call to ministry. Sarah teaches Sunday School, is the Church Historian, is active in Methodist Women, and is a recipient of Munholland’s Evangelism Award as well as the FFE Harry Denman Award. She is married to Dr. Keith Kreutziger. She and Keith have sponsored over 200 pilgrims to Cursillo in between raising two grown children and enjoying five amazing grandchildren. Sarah is extremely grateful to be in the GMC for such a time as this and can’t wait to see where God is leading us next in our new Wesleyan Revival.
Mr. Carl Brothers
Lay Leader – Arkansas
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Carl Brothers has been an active member of First Methodist Church in Stuttgart, Arkansas, since the early 70s. He has served the church in many capacities, twice as Chairman of the Board and multiple times as Chair of Finance. He also chaired the church committee that recommended disaffiliation from the United Methodist denomination and the committee that chose to affiliate with the Global Methodist movement.
Carl and his wife have two daughters, two sons-in-law, two grandsons, and one specially adopted granddaughter.
Carl was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, but in 1965 moved to Stuttgart as an 18-year-old, where he began working at night for Riceland Foods, Inc., a large farmer-owned rice cooperative. Thanks be to God, many opportunities were offered to Carl over his nearly 54-year career at Riceland. During his career, he was fortunate to serve in many positions, including Production Control Manager, Industrial Sales Manager, Export Sales Manager, and Vice President of Sales, before being named the Chief Operating Officer.

Carl received an appointment from the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to serve on the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee, where he had the opportunity to advise the government on trade policy. He was elected twice to serve the industry as Chairman of the Board of the U.S. Rice Millers Association and also elected Chairman of the U.S.A. Rice Federation. Carl retired in 2018 but continues to be active in the church, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, the local museum, and of course, as the Trinity Conference lay leader for the state of Arkansas.

Executive Team

Rev. Jason Burnham
Conference Superintendent
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In Act 1:8 Jesus declares, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses and Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the Earth.” Jason’s deepest desire is the bear witness to the transforming grace and love of Jesus in his life and the lives of those with whom he’s in relationship. Jason is now serving in his 20th year of ministry as an elder.

Twice he has served as a church planter including founding Covenant Methodist Church in The Woodlands, TX. Most recently he has served as the founding Executive Officer of the Trinity Conference of the Global Methodist Church. Jason earned an interdisciplinary BA in Religious Communications from Centenary College and a MDiv from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Jason and his wife Lauren have three kids that each bless their lives and the world in unique ways: Addison, Aidan, and Samuel.
Rev. Ben McGehee
Operations Officer
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Rev. Ben McGehee brings a wealth of proven leadership experience to the role of Operations Officer. In addition to his proven ability to affect change and build consensus, Ben has a Holy Spirit-led sensibility for both people and details, which he has used with great success in his roles and a member of our Trinity Conference Board of Ministry, and as clergy delegate and Chair of the Connectional Organization legislative Committee at General Conference.

Prior to assuming his new role, Ben was serving as Senior Pastor at Lea Joyner Memorial Methodist Church in Monroe, Louisiana. He also served as the Presiding Elder of the Louisiana North Area in the Trinity Conference. During his pastoral career, Ben has served five previous churches in full-time ministry since 2003 and enjoys preaching, teaching, and hearing stories of what God is doing in the life of everyone he meets!

Ben has been married to his wife, Alisa for 25 years and has three children: Ella, Lily, and William. In his spare time, he enjoys hunting, cooking, and writing.
Rev. Vivian Kinnear
Director of Missional Development
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Vivian and her husband, Bob, both native Texans, live in The Woodlands, Texas, where they consider Christ Church, The Woodlands, their home church. Vivian serves as a senior elder and assumes the new role of Director of Missional Development of the Trinity Conference in 2025, following her service as Operations Officer. Vivian was ordained in 2006, following a career in the oil and gas industry. Since then, she has held various associate positions in local churches, overseeing discipleship, strategic planning, and congregational development. Vivian holds a BBA in Accounting and an MBA in Management, in addition to her theological studies. She enjoys spending time with family and serving pastors within the Conference, helping to equip and empower them for their work in the Kingdom.

Presiding Elders

Presiding Elders are members of the cabinet who serve the local churches and clergy in a geographic area of the Conference. They are critical in the work of deploying clergy leadership and offering support, care, and counsel concerning ministry matters.
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