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November 2, 2023 Reversing part of an earlier decision, The United Methodist Church’s highest court revoked its call for an additional regular session of General Conference between 2025 and 2027. However, the Judicial Council maintained its earlier ruling that no new delegates be elected to
May 9, 2023 John Wesley was no fan of the title “bishop.” “How can you, how dare you suffer yourself to be called Bishop?” Methodism’s founder wrote to Bishop Francis Asbury in 1788. “I shudder, I startle at the very thought! Men may call me
May 1, 2023 Even as they grieve this season of disaffiliations, the Council of Bishops president urged his fellow bishops to work to reclaim, revive and renew The United Methodist Church. “The future of The United Methodist Church hinges on our ability to deeply pray
April 17, 2023 Is Bishop David Wilson the first Native American bishop of The United Methodist Church? Or would it be better to say he’s a new bishop in the church’s South Central Jurisdiction, who happens to be Native American? In a word: Yes. Wilson, a member
March 27, 2023 “Hollering for Change” is beginning a new series highlighting Black women “firsts” across the denomination. The first interview is with newly elected Bishop Dee Williamston of the Louisiana Conference, the first Black woman elected to the episcopacy in the South Central Jurisdiction.
December 6, 2022 Unique to the North Central Jurisdictional Conference, 10 candidates for bishop recited a liturgy of solidarity and purpose before any votes were cast in the November elections. “Even when the outcome is not what we’d hoped, even when seven of us return home to
December 13, 2022 The United Methodist Church’s highest court ruled that new delegate elections “are not required” for the long-delayed and potentially pivotal General Conference, now set for 2024. “The delegates duly elected to the 2020 General Conference for the 2020-2024 Quadrennium stand as submitted
November 28, 2022 The Rev. Ruby-Nell M. Estrella, treasurer of the Philippines Central Conference, has been elected the first female bishop in The United Methodist Church’s Philippines Central Conference. Delegates elected Estrella, 57, on the 20th ballot on Nov. 26 at the central conference’s meeting
November 4, 2022 The Commission on the General Conference announced today that the 2024 United Methodist General Conference will be held April 23 – May 3, 2024, at Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. “The Commission selected Charlotte as the site that best met our varied
November 17, 2022 In the wake of the election of Bishop Delores “Dee” Williamston, the first Black woman elected to the episcopacy in the South Central Jurisdiction, the latest installment of “Hollering for Change” looks at the history-making event. The Rev. Dr. Tori Butler speaks
