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Ask The UMC
How are bishops chosen?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In the United Methodist tradition, bishops are ordained elders who are elected and consecrated to the office of bishop. Bishops are “set apart for a ministry of servant leadership, general oversight and supervision.” Ask The UMC, a ministry of United Methodist Communications, has more on the election process.
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Connecting in Nigeria, online and off
GWATEN-BAMBUR, Nigeria (UMNS) — In an area where electrical power is often limited and unsteady, a computer center continues to fill a vital niche by keeping people connected while also connecting people from different faith communities. Richard Fidelis has the story.
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Board of Church and Society
Lawson nominated for Congressional Gold Medal
WASHINGTON — The Rev. James Lawson, a leader of the civil rights movement and a United Methodist elder, has been nominated to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the nation’s highest honors. The nominating resolution was co-sponsored by a group of representatives, including fellow civil rights icon John Lewis. Deryl Davis has the story.
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PRESS RELEASES
Discipleship Ministries
Agency to host religious fundraising seminar
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Discipleship Ministries has been selected by the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving to host an intensive fundraising training seminar for church leaders Aug. 5-8. Participants will earn an executive certificate in religious fundraising.
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COMMENTARIES
Navy reserve chaplain decries church polarization
GARLAND, Texas (UMNS) — Military chaplains must work with people of all faiths and many different beliefs, writes a Naval Reserve chaplain. The Rev. René P. Lawson argues The United Methodist Church should be able to incorporate differences, too.
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RESOURCES
Higher Education and Ministry
Book traces history of church sexuality debates
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Disagreements in The United Methodist Church about human sexuality extend as far back as the birth-control movement of the 1920s, writes Ashley Boggan Dreff in “Entangled: A History of American Methodism, Politics, and Sexuality.” The book, published by the United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry, covers the attitudes of U.S. Methodists about sexuality since World War II.
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