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UMC top court overturns bishop funding structure
UMC bishops given 3% retroactive pay hike
Church court finds UMC bishop not guilty in historic trial
by G. Jeffrey MacDonald
“I find little support for democracy in scripture," says William H. Willimon. "Bishops have power to send because all ministry in Jesus’ name is ‘sent.’”
by George Mitrovich