The Council of Bishops meets twice each year as a global body, inclusive of residential and retired bishops of the church. The Council Meeting included the following actions and agenda items:
The Council of Bishops has announced the assignment of bishops to the boards and agencies of The United Methodist Church for 2020-2024 quadrennium. Here are the assignments:
Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey, the area bishop of Louisiana Conference, was today elected president of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church during the bishops’ meeting at Lake Junaluska Assembly.
Bishop Ken Carter, president of Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church, delivered his presidential address today, November 4, at the November meeting of the Council at Lake Junaluska Assembly in North Carolina.
The Judicial Council, the highest court in The United Methodist Church, has released decisions from its October 2019 decisions. Here are some of the key rulings:
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The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church will meet November 3-6 at Lake Junaluska Assembly in North Carolina to prepare for the 2020 General Conference, elect new officers and ratify a constitutional amendment among other things.
The Ebony Bishops of The United Methodists Church (African-American bishops serving in the United States) have called on the denomination to include African-American clergy and laity in the ongoing discussions on the future of the church, as they ...
The United Methodist – Episcopal Church Dialogue Committee has released a series of videos highlighting shared ministries between the churches and discussing the current full communion proposal developed by the committee.
The United Methodist Church – Episcopal Church Dialogue Committee has released a series of videos highlighting shared ministries between the churches and discussing the current full communion proposal developed by the committee. This video ...
This fall, the United Methodist-Episcopal Dialogue Committee will be releasing a series of videos that discuss common ministries and the current full communion proposal entitled 'A Gift to the World.' In this video, Dean Jan Love (UMC) of the ...
This fall, the United Methodist-Episcopal Dialogue Committee will be releasing a series of videos that discuss common ministries and the current full communion proposal entitled 'A Gift to the World.' In this video, the presiding bishop of the ...
This fall, the United Methodist-Episcopal Dialogue Committee will be releasing a series of videos that discuss common ministries and the current full communion proposal entitled 'A Gift to the World.' In this video, Rev. Dr. Jean Hawxhurst, ...
This fall, the United Methodist-Episcopal Dialogue Committee will be releasing a series of videos that discuss common ministries and the current full communion proposal entitled 'A Gift to the World.' In this video, Dean Gregory Jones (UMC) and ...
The United Methodist – Episcopal Church Dialogue Committee has released a series of videos highlighting shared ministries between the churches and discussing the current full communion proposal developed by the committee. In the first video, ...
WASHINGTON, D. C - United Methodist bishops are honoring and remembering the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Cain Hope Felder, a distinguished scholar and first executive director of the Black Methodist for Church Renewal (BMCR), who passed at his home in ...
An ordained person from a Methodist or Wesleyan church is being sought to serve the World Methodist Council as Director of the Methodist Ecumenical Centre in Rome (MEOR).
On October 2-4, 2019, leaders from all of the major Christian traditions will gather in Montgomery, Alabama, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved African peoples to Jamestown, Virginia (USA). The commemoration is part of ...
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Local Initiatives Grants.
The United Methodist Committee on Faith and Order (CFO) has completed its work on a theological statement entitled Sent in Love: A United Methodist Understanding of the Church. This document is being sent to the 2020 General Conference for review and...
Ecumenical staff who serve as church-wide leaders in various denomination met recently and issued a statement on their commitment to end racism. Click here for the statement.
Dozens of key African-American laity, clergy and episcopal leaders met in Chicago on Thursday and Friday to discern and map out the future of the Black Church in The United Methodist Church as a prelude to the 2020 General Conference.
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PHILIPPINES CENTRAL CONFERENCE RESOLUTION WHEREAS, We, United Methodists in the Philippines are intensely opposed to any move that dissolves the United Methodist Church. From the beginning of the Church...
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Bishops in Africa have vowed that The United Methodist Church will continue in Africa even after the 2020 General Conference. Therefore, the bishops have resolved not to support any proposed legislations or plans that call for dividing or dissolving ...
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A group of theologically diverse United Methodists met at Floris United Methodist Church in Virginia on Friday and Saturday to continue seeking a way to resolve the impasse on the ordination of LGBTQ members and the blessing of same-gender marriages ...
The Council of Bishops, in response to a request from the Commission on General Conference, has voted to ask the Judicial Council to rule on the implications of the invalid votes discovered during the independent investigation of the 2019 Special ...
In the aftermath of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, Council of Bishops President Bishop Ken Carter is calling for United Methodists to help end white supremacy and xenophobia which he says is fueling the culture of violence.
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is inviting applications for the following programs: 2020 Local Initiatives Grants and scholarship to attend the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey in Geneva.
The October 2019 Docket of the Judicial Council has now been posted. The Judicial Council will meet October 29-November 1 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
The bishops of The United Methodist Church will seek to strengthen annual conferences in 2019 through the ministries of sending and missional strategy, Bishop Kenneth Carter, president of the Council of Bishops has said.
A group of prominent United Methodists met in Chicago on Friday, July 19, 2019, to seek new ways to address the impasse regarding full inclusion of LGBTQ persons in The United Methodist Church.
Statement from Kenneth H. Carter, Jr., president, Council of Bishops, The United Methodist Church As a denomination, we are living in the tension between the actions of the Special Session in St. Louis in the winter, the decisions of Annual ...
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church (COB) has asked the Judicial Council for a declaratory decision as to the constitutionality, meaning, application and effect of certain petitions adopted as the Traditional Plan by the 2019 ...
Bishop Kenneth W. Hicks, retired United Methodist Bishop, passed away today June 19, 2019 at age 96. “We give thanks for the long and faithful life of Bishop Kenneth W. Hicks, who was an instrument of God in sharing the gospel of peace in his own ...
Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC), a covenant organization of eleven different US denominations/communions, held its triennial plenary session in Montgomery, Alabama from June 6-9, 2019. The plenary included up to seven delegates from each of the ...
United Methodist bishops are among those who are attending the Consultation on Diaspora Churches in London, England, sponsored by the World Methodist Council.
CHICAGO – The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church completed its May 2019 meeting held outside Chicago with a pastoral and prophetic word in response to the decisions of the Special Session and the codification of some of those decisions...
CHICAGO – The May 2019 Meeting of the Council of Bishops officially opened today with COB President Bishop Kenneth H. Carter calling on United Methodists to “Welcome unconditionally; Walk together and Worship constantly” as part of their calling as ...
The Episcopal Church - United Methodist Dialogue Committee AUSTIN, TEXAS - The Episcopal Church – United Methodist Dialogue Committee has agreed to send a resolution for full communion to be considered by the Council of Bishops and for possible ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Council of Bishops expresses its deep gratitude to the Judicial Council for its careful review of the actions of the 2019 General Conference. The Judicial Council’s decisions are clear and sound, and they give helpful guidance ...
The Council of Bishops is offering partial scholarships for young adults (age 21-35) to attend the 2019 United Methodist Ecumenical and Interreligious Training (UMEIT:USA) and the National Workshop on Christian Unity (NWCU) next spring.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Council of Bishops President Bishop Ken Carter has called on United Methodists to use the Holy Week to forgive one another and to seek forgiveness in return. In a Holy Week pastoral letter released April 15, 2019, Bishop Carter, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Council of Bishops is inviting the people of The United Methodist Church to be in prayer for the Judicial Council, which is in session this week. The Judicial Council will be discussing the constitutionality of matters related ...
Video by United Methodist Communications In this conversation, Bishop Swanson shares how his home church shaped him, the importance of “glory sightings” and the spiritual reason he carries a rock in his toiletry bag. View on YouTube | Apple ...
ATLANTA – The United Methodist Church Council of Bishops President Bishop Ken Carter today said bishops of the church are committed to the unity of the church and to the mission of God who breaks down barriers and transcends languages. “The ...
ATLANTA, Georgia - Pan-Methodist Commission, comprising six denominations within the tradition of Wesleyan Methodism, has condemned “anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-Black and anti-Brown bigotry” in the aftermath of the mass shootings that left 50 ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is urging all United Methodists to join in the global Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which starts on January 18 and runs until January 25.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In response to The New York Times article alleging that improper voting occurred at recent Special Session of General Conference, the Council of Bishops has issued the following statement: “The Council of Bishops has always worked ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church (COB) has asked the Judicial Council for a declaratory decision as to the constitutionality and the meaning, application, and effect of Petition 90066, which was approved by the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bishop Kenneth H. Carter, president of the Council of Bishops, has issued a pastoral letter based on James 5:13-16 following the conclusion of the Special Session of the General Conference. “James does not call us to identify the ...
General Conference tightens language on ordination of LGBTQI persons, same-gender marriages in The United Methodist Church ST. LOUIS – The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church would like to thank the delegates to the Special Session of ...