Background
Tuell, Jack Marvin was born on November 14, 1923 in Tacoma. Son of Frank Harry and Anne Helen (Bertelson) Tuell.
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An indispensable guide for all United Methodists-especially pastors, lay leaders, church council members, confirmation and new member candidates and their instructors, and seminarians-this book is presented in a practical, down-to-earth manner for easy use by both individuals and classes, clergy and lay. It highlights the functions and connectional relationships within the organization, beginning with the local church and continuing through connectional organs in districts, annual conferences and their agencies, jurisdictional conferences and their agencies, the General Conference, the general agencies of the Church, and the Judicial Council. Bishop Tuell discusses the Church's unique polity and gives a frank assessment of its strengths and weaknesses. At the same time he paints the image of a worldwide connectional communion that is organized to spread the good news of Jesus Christ and to bear witness to its Wesleyan heritage.
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Methodist minister Bishop of Portland
Tuell, Jack Marvin was born on November 14, 1923 in Tacoma. Son of Frank Harry and Anne Helen (Bertelson) Tuell.
Bachelor of Science, University Washington, 1947. Juris Doctor, University Washington, 1948. Master of Divinity, Boston University, 1955.
Master of Arts, University Puget Sound, 1961. DHS, University Puget Sound, 1990. Doctor of Divinity, Pacific School Religion, 1966.
Doctor of Laws, Alaska Pacific University, 1980.
Tuell was a longtime opponent of same-sex marriage and the ordination of gay clergy. However, he became a vocal proponent and advocate for the acceptance of both issues within the church later in life. In 2012, Tuell spoke at the United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Florida, to protest current church policy on these issues.
Tuell was born in 1923 in Tacoma, Washington.
He served in the Army Air Forces during World World War World War II He received a law degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 1948 and practiced as a lawyer in Edmonds, Washington, for the next two years. Tuell later received his master of divinity degree from Boston University School of Theology.
He also was the author of an autobiography, "From Law to Grace," published in 2004. Tuell died on January 10, 2014, at the Wesley Homes Health Center in Des Moines, Washington, at the age of 90.
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President Tacoma United Service Organizations, 1959-1961, Vancouver Young Men’s Christian Association, 1968. Vice president Fort Vancouver Seamens Cnt., 1969-1972. Vice chairman Vancouver Human Relations Commission, 1970-1972.
President Oregon Council Alcohol Problems, 1972-1976. Trustee University Puget Sound, 1961-1973, Vancouver Memorial Hospital, 1967-1972, Alaska Methodist University, Anchorage, 1972-1980, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 1972-1980, Willamette View Manor, Portland, 1972-1980, Rogue Valley Manor, Medford, Oregon, 1972-1976, School Theology at Claremont, California, 1980-1992, Methodist Hospital, Arcadia, California, 1983-1992. President national division board global ministries United Methodist Church, 1972-1976, president ecumenical and interreligious concerns division, 1976-1980, Commission on Christian Unity and intereligious concerns, 1980-1984, General Board of Pensions,1984-1992, California Council Alcohol Problems, 1985-1988.
Married Marjorie Ida Beadles, June 17, 1946. Children— Jacqueline, Cynthia, James.