Biographical Information

Ann B. Sherer, resident bishop, Nebraska United Methodist Conference

Bishop Ann B. Sherer

Bishop Sherer holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, an associate degree from Mars Hill Junior College (N.C.), a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a master's degree from Andover Newton Theological School (Mass.). She received the Emory Medal in 1999.

Bishop Sherer was ordained Deacon in 1976 and Elder in 1978. She was elected and consecrated to the Office of Bishop at the 1992 South Central Jurisdictional Conference held in Forth Worth, Texas, and assigned to the Missouri Area as of September 1, 1992. She has served pastorates in White Oak (1976-1981), Texarkana (1981-1986) and Westbury United Methodist Church in Houston (1986-1991). She also served as superintendent of the Nacogdoches District of the Texas Conference.

Bishop Sherer was a delegate to The United Methodist Church's General and Jurisdictional Conference in 1984, 1988 and 1992.She was the chairperson for the Council of Bishops Initiative on Children and Poverty. She served on the UMC General Board of Discipleship 1997-2004. She served on the Book of Worship Committee from 1988 to 1992. From 1992 to 1996, she was president of the UMC's General Commission on the Status and Role of Women. She is vice chair of the Board of Trustees of Saint Paul School of Theology, a curator of Central Methodist University, and a member of the boards of trustees of the Lydia Patterson Institute and of Southern Methodist University. She has visited churches and shared in mission in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Korea, Brazil, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Finland, Nicaragua, Estonia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East.

Bishop Sherer was born September 24, 1942, in North Wilkesboro, N.C., and she is the daughter of Homer W. and Annie Jo Haigwood Brookshire. Her children continue to live in the Texas area where she served prior to coming to Missouri. Robbie, his wife Jennifer and their son Max live in Houston. Ann Marie Trammell, her husband Brian and their son Michael Brookshire Trammell live in Fort Worth.