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Bishop Bickerton calls for harmony in The United Methodist Church
18 April, 2024
Admitting that it’s “somewhat odd and a quite bit surreal” to be meeting, Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton, president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops (COB) addressed his colleagues prior to a regular session of General Conference for the first time in eight years.Bishop Bickerton, resident bishop of the New York Area, spoke in a crowded ballroom at the Omni Hotel where the COB is meeting prior to the start of the General Conference on April 23.
The unusual nature of the General Conference gathering, the bishop said, stems in part from not meeting in a regular session since 2016, but a…