July 17, 2019 For Immediate Release CHICAGO – The bishops of The United Methodist Church will seek to strengthen annual conferences in 2019 through the ministries of sending and missional strategy, Bishop Kenneth Carter, president of the Council of Bishops, has said. In a statement released at the end of the Executive Committee meeting outside… Continue Reading→
Council of Bishops November 2018 Meeting
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 07, 2018 SIMON’S ISLAND, GA. – The Council of Bishops ended its November 2018 meeting by taking the following actions among other decisions: Released a Narrative of Our Leadership, describing the work… Continue Reading→
UMC Bishops Call for Respectful Conversations in Time of Uncertainty
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 10, 2017 Lake Junaluska, North Carolina – United Methodist Church bishops are calling on members of the denomination to engage in respectful conversations amidst growing conflict over political, religious and justice issues in many places in our world. In a pastoral letter released at the end of the Council of Bishops… Continue Reading→