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The North Texas Conference is an Annual Conference (a regional episcopal area of the United Methodist Church). This conference encompasses a triangle-shaped northern portion of the state of Texas that spans from Dallas to Wichita Falls to Paris. The conference includes a small geographic area relative to most annual conferences. [1]
The plan for Wallace-Padgett’s appointment “improperly modifies the directives of the General Conference,” the UMC Judicial Council said in a ruling Tuesday. The court didn’t suggest an ...
This is a list of bishops of the United Methodist Church and its predecessor denominations, in order of their election to the episcopacy, both living and dead. 1784–1807 [ edit ]
As of the 2012 General Conference, Bishops are required to retire if they reach age 68 on or before July 1 in the year of jurisdictional conferences. This ensures that no bishop is serving under appointment beyond their 72nd Birthday (which is currently the age of Mandatory Retirement in the UMC).
The UMC General Conference is gathering in Charlotte to decide on legislation expected to shape the long-term future of the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination following a historic ...
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United Methodist Church: Archdiocese: Oklahoma Episcopal Area: Diocese: Oklahoma Annual Conference; Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference: In office: July 15, 2016 – August 31, 2024: Predecessor: Bishop Robert “Bob” Hayes: Successor: Bishop Laura Merrill: Previous post(s) NWTX Conference Director of Mission and Administration and Church ...
BRIDGETON — Several United Methodist churches in South Jersey who disagree with new, progressive policies on same-sex marriages and gay clergy say the state conference is making it too difficult ...