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Rev. Deb Conklin

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SPO_Conklin_Deb2Rev. Deb Conklin’s wheels are always turning. How can the church make the world a better place? How can it make Spokane better?

Her passions are many, including social justice in the mainline tradition, emergence and the post-modern and missional church. And those things, she says, “are always colored by my passion for Wesley and Methodist heritage.”

Conklin is part of a team creating a new ministry in Spokane called The Oak Tree. She also pastors two parishes here in Spokane, Liberty Park United Methodist Church and St. Paul’s UMC.

Deb Conklin
Deb Conklin
Rev. Deb Conklin’s wheels are always turning. How can the church make the world a better place? How can it make Spokane better? Her passions are many, including social justice in the mainline tradition, emergence and the post-modern and missional church.

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