Popular bishop moves from 'extreme center' of UMC to new Global Methodist Church
Bishop Scott Jones speaks before the United Methodist Judicial Council, the denomination’s top court, on May 22, 2018. (Photo by Kathleen Barry/United Methodist News Service)
Scott Jones isn’t the first United Methodist bishop to join the Global Methodist Church since the theologically conservative denomination launched in May, but his exit from the UMC has arguably caused the greatest stir.
That’s partly because of the unique position his family holds in Methodism and the “extreme center” position he had staked out within the United Methodist Church.
For some, it also casts a different light on his retirement, just days before he joined the GMC, as head of the Texas Annual Conference where about half of its churches—more than any other conference in the United Methodist Church—likewise left the denomination.
