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Bishop Malone, COB President, responding to hostages killing in Gaza and school shooting:
We who say we follow Jesus and dare to speak in his name must be peacemakers and peacebuilders. We must help others to the ways of peace so that the world will be transformed.”
Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar dies at 72
Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar, a retired bishop of The United Methodist Church, died yesterday, July 18, 2023. He had served Greater New Jersey Conference and New England Conference. He retired Jan. 1, 2023. Details coming later.
BREAKING NEWS: The top court in The United Methodist Church today ruled that the Council of Bishops is authorized to set the date of regular jurisdictional conferences in 2022 for the election and assignment of new bishops in The United Methodist Church. Details coming.
Bishop Bickerton, Bishop @tracysmalone and Bishop Holston are the next leaders of the UMC Council of Bishops. Read more about it here: https://t.co/SnHHMwUA1L
The immigration crisis can be overcome but it will take proximity to the migrant, rising above the broken partisan politics, and realizing that how nations treat the migrant will determine the future of humanity globally. It can be done!
BREAKING NEWS
The Judicial Council today declined jurisdiction to rule on constitutionality of proposed legislation implementing the Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace Through Separation . This was in response to a request from the Council of Bishops. #umc
With the postponement of General Conference to 2022, the Bishops are calling for a one-day GC session on May 8, 2021.
https://t.co/D27j8IuJz0 #umc#gc2020
In observation of the Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and the upcoming inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, the Council of Bishops President Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey has issued a call to action letter. https://t.co/JlebGd5kxO