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The United Methodist Church moved toward becoming more progressive and LGBTQ-affirming during U.S. regional meetings this month that included the election of its second openly gay bishop. Each of ...
Robert Eric Hayes Jr. is a member and serves as Bishop Emeritus of the Global Methodist Church. At its May 22, 2023, weekly meeting, The Global Methodist Church's Transitional Leadership Council (TLC) received the Rev. Dr. Robert Hayes Jr. as a clergy member in the new denomination and then immediately voted to confer upon him the title bishop emeritus.
1901–1912. George Martin Mathews 1902. Alexander Coke Smith 1902. Elijah Embree Hoss 1902. Henry Burns Hartzler 1902. William Franklin Heil 1902. Joseph Flintoft Berry 1904. Henry Spellmeyer 1904. William Fraser McDowell 1904.
Karen Oliveto (born April 4, 1958 [ 1]) is an American bishop. She is the first openly lesbian bishop to be elected in the United Methodist Church. She was elected bishop on July 15, 2016, at the Western Jurisdictional conference. [ 2] Her four-year term of service began September 1, 2016 and she currently serves as the bishop of the UMC's ...
There are 142 churches in Iowa that have left the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church over differing beliefs on same-sex marriage and ordaining openly LGBTQ clergy. Eighty-three ...
The United Methodist Church Split, Explained. Norman Hubbard. January 2, 2024 at 2:43 AM. The United Methodist Church (UMC) has historically regarded itself as a “ big tent ” denomination. But ...
Thomas J. Bickerton (born July 2, 1958) is an American United Methodist bishop. Bickerton was raised in West Virginia and graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Psychology. Subsequently, he entered seminary at Duke University Divinity School, completing his Master of Divinity degree ...
David W. Graves (born 1958) is an American clergyman in the United Methodist Church who is bishop of the Alabama-West Florida Conference. He was elected July 13, 2016 to the episcopacy at the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference quadrennial meeting at Lake Junaluska, N.C. He served as resident bishop of the Alabama-West Florida Conference from 2016, and the South Georgia Conference from 2021.