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General Church
Council of Bishops President Thomas J. Bickerton presides at the bishops’ spring 2023 meeting in Chicago. East Ohio Conference Bishop Tracy Smith Malone, at left, is the Council of Bishops president-designate. The bishops gathered April 29-May 5 for their first in-person meeting since 2019 and took on a variety of issues affecting the future of the denomination. Photo by the Rev. Todd Rossnagel, Louisiana Conference.

Bishops call for General Conference in 2026

United Methodist bishops see a need for the denomination’s top lawmaking body to hold an additional meeting to deal with changes resulting from church disaffiliations. Meanwhile, the denomination’s finance agency has its own concerns.
Bishops
Bishop Minerva Carcaño speaks about the church’s social witness during the 2020 Pre-General Conference Briefing in Nashville, Tenn. The Western Jurisdiction announced that a committee has determined enough evidence exists to bring charges against the bishop to trial. Carcaño has been suspended for more than a year. File photo by Kathleen Barry, UM News.

Suspended bishop moves toward church trial

The Western Jurisdiction announced that a committee has determined enough evidence exists to bring charges against Bishop Minerva Carcaño to trial. Carcaño has been suspended for more than a year.
Faith Stories
Bishop Robert Schnase stands in front of a colorful quilt of birds made by his wife, Esther Schnase. Video image courtesy of the Rio Texas and New Mexico Conferences via Vimeo by UM News.

Bishop finds birding a metaphor for the spiritual life

Bishop Robert Schnase, who oversees the Rio Texas and New Mexico conferences, is a longtime, avid birder. In a three-minute video reflection, he speaks about how he embraced the pastime and how it has become, for him, a metaphor for the spiritual life.

 

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