As The United Methodist Church starts a new season, bishops discussed financial concerns and ministry needs ahead — including faith formation and care for immigrants.
Bishop Clay Foster Lee Jr., who led the Holston Conference from 1988 to 1996, died Nov. 11 at age 94. Some of his sermons gained national attention during the Civil Rights Movement.
The United Methodist Council of Bishops is asking the denomination’s finance agency to suspend all funding for bishop compensation and related expenses in Côte d’Ivoire.
United Methodist bishops are praying for the elections of colleagues in the Philippines, Africa and Europe. Their hope is that any new bishops are committed to the denomination.
