{"id":4147,"date":"2025-10-20T13:08:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:59:09","slug":"extension-ministry-spotlight-british-methodist-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/2025\/10\/extension-ministry-spotlight-british-methodist-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Extension Ministry Spotlight: British Methodist Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to our series that spotlights NC Conference pastors serving in extension ministries. Read about other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/tag\/extension-ministers\">extension ministers<\/a>&nbsp;as these stories are published weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rev. Donna Fowler-Marchant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Donna Fowler-Marchant serves as Minister in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whbmethodistchurch.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West Hertfordshire and Borders Circuit of the British Methodist Church<\/a>. She has been in the North Carolina Conference since 1996 and has served small rural churches and large urban ones. She is a graduate of Meredith College, Duke Divinity School, and Wesley Theological Seminary. 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