The Rev. Dr. Israel (Izzy) Alvaran is a United Methodist elder from the Philippines Annual Conference appointed as the Reconciling Ministries Network’s organizer in the Western and North Central Ju...view moreThe Rev. Dr. Israel (Izzy) Alvaran is a United Methodist elder from the Philippines Annual Conference appointed as the Reconciling Ministries Network’s organizer in the Western and North Central Jurisdictions. He has also served as pastor, conference youth director, faculty in United Methodist educational institutions, labor union organizer, person-in-mission of the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM), and economic justice organizer with the General Board of Church and Society. He earned his Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees in the Philippines and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California.view less