RELEASE DATE: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Contact Information: Bishop W. Earl Bledsoe – bishopbledsoe@nmconfum.com
The Reverend Dr. Pamela Rowley, Senior pastor of St. John’s UMC, Albuquerque, New Mexico, will fill the El Paso District Superintendent position, effective July 1, 2021. Her prior appointments have included Senior pastor of University UMC, Las Cruces, NM; St. Paul’s UMC, El Paso, Texas; and Associate pastor of St. Paul UMC, Abilene, Texas; and St. Luke’s UMC, Highland Ranch, Colorado.
Dr. Rowley has served in many leadership positions in the New Mexico Conference, including the El Paso District Committee on Ordained Ministry. She serves currently as the Chair of the Albuquerque District Committee on Ordained Ministry, the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, member of the Executive Committee, the Chair of the Order of Elders, and a member of the Council on Finance and Administration. The ordained clergy of the New Mexico Conference elected her as a delegate to the upcoming General and Jurisdictional Conferences of the UMC. The Certified Lay Ministry (CLM) was started with Pam’s leadership and grew to be one of the largest, if not the largest number of CLMs of an annual conference. One of the joys of ministry for Pam is having the opportunity to work with the laity.
Rev. Rowley received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas in 2018; the Master of Theology degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2003 and fulfilled UMC coursework through Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. Pam has been married to R. Douglas Rowley, MD since February 4, 1995. Together they have three children: Carolyn, Sean, and Lyndsay. The couple enjoys reading, walks, music, traveling, cooking, their puppy Bella, and watching “the news.”
Pam will be invited to sit in on the upcoming appointive cabinet meetings to provide for a smoother transition of leadership.
Craig Cockrell, her current DS, says this, “Pam is a long-time practitioner of spiritual disciplines that have shown her to be a great leader with a wonderful heart. She will bring these gifts to the Cabinet.”