Bishop Ruben Saenz, Jr.
Bishop Ruben Saenz, Jr. is currently the resident Bishop of the Great Plains Area, which includes the Great Plains Conference in the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. Prior to his election to the Episcopacy he was considered the key point person to the Bishop and Cabinet of the Rio Texas Conference, based in San Antonio, in designing and implementing ministries to fulfill the Conference’s mission to make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. He also served as the Director of Connectional Ministries and the Executive Director of the Mission Vitality Center in that Conference. He holds the Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry Degrees from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, where he was
presented the Faculty Award for the student who best exemplified the goals and mission of SMU. Bishop Saenz has served Churches in Dallas, El Paso and Edinburg, Texas. In his congregations he developed many innovative programs including the Levantate—Get UP computer literacy program, targeting single mothers who were unemployed because of factory shutdowns so they could enter the job market at a sustainable wage level. Bishop Saenz and his wife, Maye have four children and reside in Topeka, Kansas.
Bishop Senz will be speaking in-person. This service will also be livestreamed at epworth.com/live.