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The Rev. Donald Messer, right, retired head of Iliff School of Theology, and his mentor, former United Methodist Bishop James Armstrong, visit in 2012. Messer and others credit Armstrong, who died July 17 at the age of 93, with nurturing young leaders in the denomination. File photo courtesy of Donald Messer.

Remembering a former bishop, social activist

Three United Methodists mentored by James Armstrong credit him with identifying and nurturing church leaders.

Social Concerns

Lonnie Chafin of the Northern Illinois Conference, leads strategy session of General Conference delegates attending the Uniting Methodists meeting in Dallas on July 17, 2018. The Uniting Methodists are supporting the One Church Plan, one of at least three legislative proposals likely to be considered at the special General Conference set for Feb. 23-26, 2019, in St. Louis. Photo by Sam Hodges, UMNS

Uniting Methodists get strategic

Group uses meeting to talk up One Church Plan and find a way to get it passed at special General Conference.

General Church

The Rev. Tom Steagald of Hawthorne Lane United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, reads the One Church Plan during a break at the July 17 Uniting Methodist Conference in Dallas. The three plans and the full Way Forward report were part of the Judicial Council’s October docket. Photo by Sam Hodges, UMNS.

Court docket details proposed plans for UMC

The Council of Bishops request for a Judicial Council decision allows a closer look at three alternative plans for the future.

General Church

The Rev. David Meredith and the church counsel for the United Methodist West Ohio Conference are asking the United Methodist Judicial Council to review a March decision by a jurisdictional appeal court. File photo by Kathy L. Gilbert.

Court asked to review gay pastor appeal decision

Docket for the United Methodist Judicial Council’s October meeting includes appeal ruling on the Rev. David Meredith, reviews of bishops’ decisions of law.

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