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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.”
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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.
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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.
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Conferences can't leave the UMC unilaterally, says top court. unitedmethodistbishops.org/n…
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UMC Bishops ask church's top court to rule on jurisdictional conferences unitedmethodistbishops.org/n…
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UMC Bishops to explore various pathways as General Conference is postponed until 2024 unitedmethodistbishops.org/n… #umc
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Bishops from Africa, Asia and Europe appalled by WCA's vaccination offers to some General Conference delegates unitedmethodistbishops.org/n…
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Bishop Bickerton, Bishop @tracysmalone and Bishop Holston are the next leaders of the UMC Council of Bishops. Read more about it here: unitedmethodistbishops.org/n…
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Bishops mourn former COB President Bishop Yeakel unitedmethodistbishops.org/n…
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Wise words from COB Immigration Task Force chair
Bishop M. G. Carcaño@bishopminerva10 Jun 2021
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!
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Bishops clarify key decisions about elections, jurisdictional conferences unitedmethodistbishops.org/n… #umc #umcgc2020
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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
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May 8 Special Session of General Conference cancelled unitedmethodistbishops.org/n… #umc #umcgc2020
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With the postponement of General Conference to 2022, the Bishops are calling for a one-day GC session on May 8, 2021. unitedmethodistbishops.org/n… #umc #gc2020
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UMC Bishops to meet in one-day session on Feb. 18. bit.ly/3ozcQ7S #umc
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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. unitedmethodistbishops.org/n…
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U.S. Bishops urge Methodists to participate fully in the November elections. unitedmethodistbishops.org/f…
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Bishop Brown to lead Sierra Leone Conférence until new bishop is elected. unitedmethodistbishops.org/n…
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Bishop Yambasu dies in road accident. Please keep his family and the UMC in your prayers #umc unitedmethodistbishops.org/n…
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