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THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINEOFTHE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINEOFTHE UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH2016The United Methodist Publishing HouseNashville, Tennessee
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EPISCOPAL GREETINGSTo all people and pastors of United Methodism:“Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the LordJesus Christ.”—1 Corinthians 1:3The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church is theproduct of over two hundred years of the General Conferences ofthe denominations that now form The United Methodist Church.The Discipline as the instrument for setting forth the laws,plan, polity, and process by which United Methodists governthemselves remains constant. Each General Conference amends,perfects, clarifies, and adds its own contribution to the Discipline.We do not see the Discipline as sacrosanct or infallible, but we doconsider it a document suitable to our heritage and an expression of a future with hope. It is the most current statement of howUnited Methodists agree to live their lives together and “maintainthe unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” It reflects our understanding of the church and articulates the mission of The UnitedMethodist Church: To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. The Discipline defines what is expectedof its laity and clergy as they seek to be effective witnesses in theworld as a part of the whole body of Christ.This book of covenant sets forth the theological grounding ofThe United Methodist Church in biblical faith and affirms thatwe go forward as “loyal heirs to all that [is] best in the Christian past.” It makes clear that The United Methodist Church is aninclusive society without regard to ethnic origin, economic condition, gender, age, or the disabilities of its constituents. It assertsthat all who are baptized and confirmed are ministers of Jesusv
EPISCOPAL GREETINGSChrist. It affirms the conciliar principle and connectionalism asdistinctive marks of United Methodist ecclesiology, makes clearthe global character of the Church’s mission, and declares interdependence with other Christian bodies both in spirit and cooperation. It affirms with John Wesley that solitary religion is invalidand that Christ lays claim upon the whole life of those who accepthim as Lord and Savior.We therefore commend this Discipline to all in our constituency and to friends beyond our bounds who would seek to understand what it means to be a United Methodist. Communicationis essential for understanding what the Church is and does. Weexpect the Discipline to be found in libraries of local churches,colleges, universities, and seminaries, as well as in the homes ofordained, diaconal, and licensed ministers and lay members ofThe United Methodist Church. We pray that it will enable all persons to celebrate God’s grace, exalt the meaning of faithful discipleship, align with the mission, and inspire on the part of manya deeper desire to be more effective witnesses for the head of thechurch, even Jesus Christ our Lord.The Council of BishopsBruce R. Ough, PresidentKenneth H. Carter, President-DesignateCynthia Fierro Harvey, Secretaryvi
CONTENTSNote: The basic unit in The Book of Discipline is the paragraph(¶) rather than page, chapter, or section. The paragraphs are numbered consecutively within each chapter or section, but manynumbers are skipped between parts, chapters, and sections inorder to allow for future enactments and to fit with the followingplan:1– 99 The Constitution101– 199 Doctrine, Doctrinal Statements, General Rules,The Ministry of All Christians, and SocialPrinciples201– 299 The Local Church301– 399 The Ministry of the Ordained401– 499 The Superintendency501– 699 The Conferences701– 2499 Administrative Order2501–2599 Church Property2601–2799 Judicial AdministrationEpiscopal Greetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page vUnited Methodist Bishops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1A Brief History of The United Methodist Church . . . . . . . . . page 11PART ITHE CONSTITUTION¶¶ 1–61Preamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25Division One—General (¶¶ 1–7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25vii
CONTENTSDivision Two—Organization (¶¶ 8–44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27I. Conferences (¶¶ 8–12)II. General Conference (¶¶ 13–16)III. Restrictive Rules (¶¶ 17–22)IV. Jurisdictional Conferences (¶¶ 23–27)V. Central Conferences (¶¶ 28–31)VI. Annual Conferences (¶¶ 32–36)VII. Boundaries (¶¶ 37–41)VIII. District Conferences (¶ 42)IX. Charge Conferences (¶¶ 43-44)Division Three—Episcopal Supervision (¶¶ 45-54) . . . . . . page 39Division Four—The Judiciary (¶¶ 55-58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 42Division Five—Amendments (¶¶ 59-61) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 43PART IIGENERAL BOOK OF DISCIPLINE¶ 101General Book of Discipline (¶ 101) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 45PART IIIDOCTRINAL STANDARDSAND OUR THEOLOGICAL TASK¶¶ 102–105I. Our Doctrinal Heritage (¶ 102) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 47II. Our Doctrinal History (¶ 103) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 56III. Our Doctrinal Standards and General Rules:The Articles of Religion of The Methodist Church,The Confession of Faith of the Evangelical UnitedBrethren Church, and The General Rules of theMethodist Church (¶ 104) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 65IV. Our Theological Task (¶ 105) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 80PART IVTHE MINISTRY OF ALL CHRISTIANS¶¶ 120–143I. The Churches (¶¶ 120–125) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 93II. The Ministry of All Christians (¶¶ 126–132) . . . . . . page 97viii
CONTENTSIII. Servant Ministry and Servant Leadership(¶¶ 133–134) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 98IV. Servant Ministry (¶¶ 135–137) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 99V. Servant Leadership (¶¶ 138-139) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 100VI. Called to Inclusiveness (¶ 140) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 101VII. The Fulfillment of Ministry ThroughThe United Methodist Church (¶¶ 141–143) . . . . . page 102PART VSOCIAL PRINCIPLES¶¶ 160–166Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 105Preamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 106I. The Natural World (¶ 160) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 106II. The Nurturing Community (¶ 161) . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 110III. The Social Community (¶ 162) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 119IV. The Economic Community (¶ 163) . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 131V. The Political Community (¶ 164) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 138VI. The World Community (¶ 165) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 142VII. Our Social Creed (¶ 166) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 144PART VIORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION¶¶ 201–2719Chapter OneTHE LOCAL CHURCHI. The Church and Pastoral Charge (¶¶ 201–205) . . page 147II. Cooperative Parish (¶ 206) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 149III. Ecumenical Shared Ministries (¶¶ 207–211) . . . . . page 152IV. Churches in Transitional Communities(¶¶ 212–213) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 153V. Church Membership (¶¶ 214–242) . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 155The Meaning of Membership (¶¶ 216–221)Admission Into the Church (¶¶ 222–226)Affiliate and Associate Membership (¶ 227)Care of Members (¶¶ 228-229)Membership Records and Reports (¶¶ 230–234)ix
CONTENTSChanges in Church Membership or Local ChurchMembership (¶¶ 235–242)VI. Organization and Administration (¶¶ 243–258) . . page 172The Charge Conference (¶¶ 246–251)The Church Council (¶ 252)Specialized Ministries (¶¶ 253–257)Administrative Committees (¶ 258)VII. The Method of Organizing a New Church(¶ 259) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 204VIII. Transfer of a Local Church (¶ 260) . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 206IX. Protection of Rights of Congregations (¶ 261) . . . page 207X. Special Sundays (¶¶ 262–265) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 207Churchwide Special Sundays With Offerings(¶ 263)Special Sundays Without Churchwide Offerings(¶ 264–265)XI. Lay Servant Ministries (¶¶ 266–269) . . . . . . . . . . . page 215Chapter TwoTHE MINISTRY OF THE ORDAINEDI. The Meaning of Ordination and ConferenceMembership (¶¶ 301-304) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 223II. Clergy Orders in The United Methodist Church(¶¶ 305–309) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 227III. Candidacy for Licensed and Ordained Ministry(¶¶ 310–314) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 229IV. License for Pastoral Ministry (¶¶ 315–320) . . . . . . page 235V. Associate Membership (¶¶ 321–323) . . . . . . . . . . . page 242VI. Provisional Membership (¶¶ 324–327) . . . . . . . . . page 244VII. The Ordained Deacon in Full Connection(¶¶ 328–330) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 253VIII. Appointments of Deacons and Provisional Deaconsto Various Ministries (¶ 331) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 259IX. The Ordained Elder in Full Connection(¶¶ 332–336) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 264Admission and Continuance of Full Membershipin the Annual Conference (¶ 336)X. Appointments to Various Ministries(¶¶ 337–342) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 271x
CONTENTSXI. Appointments to Extension Ministries(¶¶ 343–345) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 279Provisions for Appointments to EcumenicalShared Ministries (¶ 345)XII. Clergy From Other Annual Conferences, OtherMethodist and Christian Denominations(¶¶ 346–347) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 286XIII. Mentoring and Mentors (¶ 348) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 290XIV. Evaluation for Continuing Formation for FullMembers and Local Pastors (¶¶ 349–351) . . . . . . . page 292XV. Changes of Conference Relationship(¶¶ 352–360) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 295XVI. Administrative Fair Process (¶¶ 361–363) . . . . . . . page 312XVII. Readmission to Conference Relationship(¶¶ 364–368) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 318XVIII. General Provisions (¶ 369) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 320Chapter ThreeTHE SUPERINTENDENCYI. The Nature of Superintendency (¶ 401) . . . . . . . . page 323II. Offices of Bishop and District Superintendent(¶¶ 402–403) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 323III. Election, Assignment, and Termination of Bishops(¶¶ 404–413) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 325IV. Specific Responsibilities of Bishops (¶¶ 414–416) . page 339V. Selection, Assignment, and Term ofDistrict Superintendents (¶¶ 417–418) . . . . . . . . . . page 342VI. Specific Responsibilities of District Superintendents(¶¶ 419–420) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 342VII. Expressions of Superintendency (¶¶ 421–424) . . . page 345VIII. Appointment-Making (¶¶ 425–430) . . . . . . . . . . . . page 347IX. Ecumenical Relationships (¶¶ 431-442) . . . . . . . . . page 352X. Committee on Faith and Order (¶¶ 443–450) . . . . page 359Chapter FourTHE CONFERENCESI. The General Conference (¶¶ 501–511) . . . . . . . . . . page 363II. The Jurisdictional Conference (¶¶ 512–539) . . . . . page 371III. Central Conferences (¶¶ 540–548) . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 382xi
CONTENTSIV. Provisional Central Conferences (¶¶ 560–567) . . . page 392V. Autonomous Methodist Churches, AffiliatedAutonomous Methodist Churches, AffiliatedUnited Churches, Covenanting Churches,Concordat Churches (¶¶ 570–575) . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 394Becoming an Autonomous Methodist, AffiliatedAutonomous Methodist, or Affiliated UnitedChurch From Central Conferences (¶ 572)Becoming a Covenanting Church (¶ 573)Concordat Agreements (¶ 574)Joining The United Methodist Church (¶ 575)VI. Provisional Annual Conferences (¶¶ 580–583) . . . page 400VII. The Missionary Conference (¶¶ 585–588) . . . . . . . page 401VIII. Missions (¶¶ 590–593) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 405IX. The Annual Conference (¶¶ 601–657) . . . . . . . . . . page 407Conference Agencies (¶ 610)The Conference Council on Finance andAdministration (¶¶ 611–619)Pastoral Support (¶¶ 620–628)Other Conference Agencies (¶¶ 629–657)X. The District Conference (¶¶ 658–672) . . . . . . . . . . page 506Chapter FiveADMINISTRATIVE ORDERI. General Provisions (¶¶ 701–724) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 521II. General Council on Finance and Administration(¶¶ 801–824) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 545General Funds (¶¶ 810–817)The Episcopal Fund (¶ 818)Financial Appeals Beyond the General Funds(¶¶ 819–824)III. Connectional Table (¶¶ 901–907) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 586IV. General Board of Church and Society(¶¶ 1001–1011) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 589V. General Board of Discipleship (¶¶ 1101–1126) . . . page 593VI. Division on Ministries With Young People(¶¶ 1201–1212) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 619VII. General Board of Global Ministries(¶¶ 1301–1315) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 626Mission Program Areas (¶ 1314)xii
CONTENTSUnited Methodist Committee on Relief (¶ 1315)VIII. General Board of Higher Education and Ministry(¶¶ 1401–1423) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 639Division of Higher Education (¶¶ 1410–1413)University Senate (¶¶ 1414–1418)United Methodist Higher Education Foundation(¶ 1419)College of Presidents of the Black Colleges (¶ 1420)Division of Ordained Ministry (¶ 1421)Schools of Theology of The United MethodistChurch (¶¶ 1422–1423)IX. General Board of Pension and Health Benefits(¶¶ 1501–1509) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 667General Administration (¶¶ 1501–1505)Annual Conference Administration (¶¶ 1506–1509)X. The United Methodist Publishing House(¶¶ 1601–1641) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 687XI. General Commission on Archives and History(¶¶ 1701–1712) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 696XII. General Commission on Communication(¶¶ 1801–1808) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 704XIII. United Methodist Women (¶¶ 1901–1918) . . . . . . page 710Office of Deaconess and Home Missioner(¶¶ 1913–1918)XIV. General Commission on Religion and Race(¶¶ 2001–2008) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 718XV. General Commission on the Status and Roleof Women (¶¶ 2101–2109) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 721XVI. Standing Committee on Central ConferenceMatters (¶ 2201) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 726XVII. General Commission on United Methodist Men(¶¶ 2301–2303) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 728XVIII. JUSTPEACE Center for Mediation and ConflictTransformation (¶ 2401) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 731Chapter SixCHURCH PROPERTYI. All Titles—In Trust (¶¶ 2501–2505) . . . . . . . . . . . . page 733II. Compliance With Law (¶¶ 2506–2510) . . . . . . . . . page 736III. Audits and Bonding of Church Officers (¶ 2511) . page 738xiii
CONTENTSIV. Annual Conference Property (¶¶ 2512–2517) . . . . page 738V. District Property (¶¶ 2518–2524) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 745VI. Local Church Property (¶¶ 2525–2551) . . . . . . . . . page 749VII. Requirements—Trustees of Church Institutions(¶ 2552) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 776Chapter SevenJUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIONI. The Judicial Council (¶¶ 2601–2612) . . . . . . . . . . . page 777II. Investigations, Trials, and Appeals(¶¶ 2701–2719) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 784Fair Process in Judicial Proceedings (¶ 2701)Chargeable Offenses and the Statute of Limitations(¶ 2702)Procedures for Referral and Investigation of aJudicial Complaint (¶¶ 2703–2706)Trials (¶¶ 2707–2714)Appeals (¶¶ 2715–2718)Miscellaneous Provisions (¶ 2719)Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 821xiv
UNITED METHODIST BISHOPSA List Compiled for The Book of Disciplineby the Council of BishopsNAMENAMEELECTEDThomas Coke . . . . . . . . . . .Francis Asbury . . . . . . . . . .Richard Whatcoat . . . . . . . .Phillip William Otterbein .Martin Boehm . . . . . . . . . . .Jacob Albright . . . . . . . . . . .William M’Kendree . . . . . .Christian Newcomer . . . . .Enoch George . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Richford Roberts . .Andrew Zeller . . . . . . . . . .Joseph Hoffman . . . . . . . . .Joshua Soule . . . . . . . . . . . .Elijah Hedding . . . . . . . . . .Henry Kumler Sr. . . . . . . . .John Emory . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Osgood Andrew . . .Samuel Heistand . . . . . . . .William Brown . . . . . . . . . .Beverly Waugh . . . . . . . . . .Thomas Asbury Morris . . .Jacob Erb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Seybert . . . . . . . . . . . .Henry Kumler Jr. . . . . . . . .John Coons . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joseph Long . . . . . . . . . . . .Leonidas Lent Hamline . . .Edmund Storer Janes . . . . .John Russel . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jacob John Glossbrenner . .William Hanby . . . . . . . . . .William Capers . . . . . . . . . .Robert Paine . . . . . . . . . . . .ELECTEDDavid Edwards . . . . . . . . . . 1849Henry Bidleman Bascom . . 1850Levi Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1852Matthew Simpson . . . . . . . 1852Osman Cleander Baker . . . 1852Edward Raymond Ames . . 1852Lewis Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1853George Foster Pierce . . . . . 1854John Early . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1854Hubbard HindeKavanaugh . . . . . . . . . . . 1854Francis Burns . . . . . . . . . . . 1858William W. Orwig . . . . . . . 1859Jacob Markwood . . . . . . . . 1861Daniel Shuck . . . . . . . . . . . . 1861John Jacob Esher . . . . . . . . . 1863Davis Wasgatt Clark . . . . . 1864Edward Thomson . . . . . . . . 1864Calvin Kingsley . . . . . . . . . 1864Jonathan Weaver . . . . . . . . 1865William May Wightman . . 1866Enoch Mather Marvin . . . . 1866David Seth Doggett . . . . . . 1866Holland NimmonsMcTyeire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1866John Wright Roberts . . . . . 1866John Dickson . . . . . . . . . . . . 1869John Christian Keener . . . . 1870Reuben Yeakel . . . . . . . . . . . 1871Thomas Bowman . . . . . . . . 1872William Logan Harris . . . . 1872Randolph Sinks Foster . . . . 1872Isaac William Wiley . . . . . . 1841184318441844184518451845184618461
UNITED METHODIST BISHOPSNAMENAMEELECTEDELECTEDWesley Matthias Stanford . 1891Christian S. Haman . . . . . . 1891Sylvanus C. Breyfogel . . . . 1891William Horn . . . . . . . . . . . 1891Job S. Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1893Charles CardwellMcCabe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1896Joseph Crane Hartzell . . . . 1896Earl Cranston . . . . . . . . . . . 1896Warren Akin Candler . . . . . 1898Henry Clay Morrison . . . . 1898David Hastings Moore . . . 1900John William Hamilton . . . 1900Edwin Wallace Parker . . . . 1900Francis Wesley Warne . . . . 1900George Martin Mathews . . 1902Alexander Coke Smith . . . 1902Elijah Embree Hoss . . . . . . 1902Henry Burns Hartzler . . . . 1902William Franklin Heil . . . . 1902Joseph Flintoft Berry . . . . . 1904Henry Spellmeyer . . . . . . . 1904William FraserMcDowell . . . . . . . . . . . . 1904James WhitfordBashford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1904William Burt . . . . . . . . . . . . 1904Luther Barton Wilson . . . . 1904Thomas Benjamin Neely . . 1904Isaiah Benjamin Scott . . . . . 1904William FitzjamesOldham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1904John Edward Robinson . . . 1904Merriman Colbert Harris . 1904William Marion Weekley . . 1905William Melvin Bell . . . . . . 1905Thomas Coke Carter . . . . . 1905John James Tigert III . . . . . 1906Seth Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1906James Atkins . . . . . . . . . . . . 1906Stephen Mason Merrill . . . 1872Edward Gayer Andrews . . 1872Gilbert Haven . . . . . . . . . . . 1872Jesse Truesdell Peck . . . . . . 1872Rudolph Dubs . . . . . . . . . . 1875Thomas Bowman . . . . . . . . 1875Milton Wright . . . . . . . . . . . 1877Nicholas Castle . . . . . . . . . . 1877Henry White Warren . . . . . 1880Cyrus David Foss . . . . . . . . 1880John Fletcher Hurst . . . . . . 1880Erastus Otis Haven . . . . . . 1880Ezekiel Boring Kephart . . . 1881Alpheus Waters Wilson . . . 1882Linus Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . 1882John Cowper Granbery . . . 1882Robert KennonHargrove . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1882William Xavier Ninde . . . . 1884John Morgan Walden . . . . . 1884Willard FrancisMallalieu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1884Charles Henry Fowler . . . . 1884William Taylor . . . . . . . . . . 1884Daniel KumlerFlickinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1885William Wallace Duncan . . 1886Charles Betts Galloway . . . 1886Eugene Russell Hendrix . . 1886Joseph Stanton Key . . . . . . 1886John Heyl Vincent . . . . . . . 1888James NewburyFitzGerald . . . . . . . . . . . . 1888Isaac Wilson Joyce . . . . . . . 1888John Philip Newman . . . . . 1888Daniel Ayres Goodsell . . . . 1888James Mills Thoburn . . . . . 1888James W. Hott . . . . . . . . . . . 1889Atticus Greene Haygood . . 1890Oscar Penn Fitzgerald . . . . 18902
UNITED METHODIST BISHOPSNAMENAMEELECTEDELECTEDAdna Wright Leonard . . . . 1916Matthew SimpsonHughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1916Charles Bayard Mitchell . . 1916Franklin Elmer EllsworthHamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1916Alexander PriestlyCamphor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1916Eben Samuel Johnson . . . . 1916William H. Washinger . . . . 1917John Monroe Moore . . . . . . 1918William FletcherMcMurry . . . . . . . . . . . . .1918Urban Valentine WilliamsDarlington . . . . . . . . . . . . 1918Horace Mellard DuBose . . 1918William NewmanAinsworth . . . . . . . . . . . . 1918James Cannon, Jr. . . . . . . . . 1918Matthew T. Maze . . . . . . . . 1918Lauress John Birney . . . . . . 1920Frederick Bohn Fisher . . . . 1920Charles Edward Locke . . . 1920Ernest Lynn Waldorf . . . . . 1920Edgar Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1920Ernest GladstoneRichardson . . . . . . . . . . . 1920Charles Wesley Burns . . . . 1920Harry Lester Smith . . . . . . . 1920George Harvey Bickley . . . 1920Frederick ThomasKeeney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1920Charles Larew Mead . . . . . 1920Anton Bast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1920Robert Elijah Jones . . . . . . . 1920Matthew Wesley Clair . . . . 1920Arthur R. Clippinger . . . . . 1921William BenjaminBeauchamp . . . . . . . . . . . 1922James Edward Dickey . . . . 1922Samuel P. Spreng . . . . . . . . 1907William FranklinAnderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1908John Louis Nuelsen . . . . . . 1908William Alfred Quayle . . . 1908Charles William Smith . . . . 1908Wilson Seeley Lewis . . . . . 1908Edwin Holt Hughes . . . . . . 1908Robert McIntyre . . . . . . . . . 1908Frank Milton Bristol . . . . . . 1908Collins Denny . . . . . . . . . . . 1910John Carlisle Kilgo . . . . . . . 1910William Belton Murrah . . . 1910Walter Russell Lambuth . . 1910Richard GreenWaterhouse . . . . . . . . . . . 1910Edwin DuBose Mouzon . . 1910James Henry McCoy . . . . . 1910William Hargrave Fouke . . 1910Uriah Frantz Swengel . . . . 1910Homer Clyde Stuntz . . . . . 1912William Orville Shepard . . 1912Theodore SommersHenderson . . . . . . . . . . . . 1912Naphtali Luccock . . . . . . . . 1912Francis John McConnell . . 1912Frederick DeLand Leete . . 1912Richard Joseph Cooke . . . . 1912Wilbur PattersonThirkield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1912John Wesley Robinson . . . . 1912William Perry Eveland . . . 1912Henry Harness Fout . . . . . 1913Cyrus Jeffries Kephart . . . . 1913Alfred Taylor Howard . . . . 1913Gottlieb Heinmiller . . . . . . 1915Lawrence HooverSeager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1915Herbert Welch . . . . . . . . . . . 1916Thomas Nicholson . . . . . . . 19163
UNITED METHODIST BISHOPSNAMENAMEELECTEDSamuel Ross Hay . . . . . . . . 1922Hoyt McWhorter Dobbs . . 1922Hiram Abiff Boaz . . . . . . . . 1922John Francis Dunlap . . . . . 1922George Amos Miller . . . . . . 1924Titus Lowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1924George Richmond Grose . . 1924Brenton Thoburn Badley . . 1924Wallace Elias Brown . . . . . . 1924Arthur Biggs Statton . . . . . 1925John S. Stamm . . . . . . . . . . . 1926Samuel J. Umbreit . . . . . . . 1926Raymond J. Wade . . . . . . . . 1928James ChamberlainBaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1928Edwin Ferdinand Lee . . . . 1928Grant D. Batdorf . . . . . . . . . 1929Ira David Warner . . . . . . . . 1929John W. Gowdy . . . . . . . . . 1930Chih Ping Wang . . . . . . . . . 1930Arthur James Moore . . . . . 1930Paul Bentley Kern . . . . . . . 1930Angie Frank Smith . . . . . . . 1930George Edward Epp . . . . . 1930Joshwant Rao Chitamber . 1930Juan Ermete Gattinoni . . . . 1932Junius Ralph Magee . . . . . . 1932Ralph SpauldingCushman . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1932Elmer Wesley Praetorius . . 1934Charles H. Stauffacher . . . . 1934Jarrell Waskom Pickett . . . 1935Roberto ValenzuelaElphick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1936Wilbur EmeryHammaker . . . . . . . . . . . 1936Charles Wesley Flint . . . . . 1936Garfield BromleyOxnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1936Alexander Preston Shaw . . 1936ELECTEDJohn McKendreeSpringer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F. H. Otto Melle . . . . . . . . .Ralph Ansel Ward . . . . . . .Victor Otterbein Weidler . .Ivan Lee Holt . . . . . . . . . . .William Walter Peele . . . . .Clare Purcell . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles ClaudeSelecman . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Lloyd Decell . . . . . . . .William Clyde Martin . . . .William Turner Watkins . .James Henry Straughn . . .John Calvin Broomfield . . .William Alfred CarrollHughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lorenzo Houston King . . .Bruce Richard Baxter . . . . .Shot Kumar Mondol . . . . .Clement Daniel Rockey . . .Enrique Carlos Balloch . . .Z. T. Kaung . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wen Yuan Chen . . . . . . . . .George Carleton Lacy . . . .Fred L. Dennis . . . . . . . . . .Dionisio DeistaAlejandro . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fred Pierce Corson . . . . . . .Walter Earl Ledden . . . . . .Lewis Oliver Hartman . . . .Newell Snow Booth . . . . . .Willis Jefferson King . . . . .Robert Nathaniel Brooks . .Edward Wendall Kelly . . .William Angie Smith . . . . .Paul Elliott Martin . . . . . . .Costen Jordan Harrell . . . .Paul Neff Garber . . . . . . . 441944194419441944194419441944194419441944
UNITED METHODIST BISHOPSNAMENAMEELECTEDELECTEDAlsie Raymond Grant . . . . 1952Julio Manuel Sabanes . . . . 1952Friedrich Wunderlich . . . . 1953Odd Arthur Hagen . . . . . . . 1953Ferdinand Sigg . . . . . . . . . . 1954Reuben Herbert Mueller . . 1954Harold Rickel Heininger . . 1954Lyle Lynden Baughman . . 1954Prince Alber
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