Nearing the end of a painful season, Council of Bishops President Thomas J. Bickerton urged his fellow bishops to use their woundedness to help The United Methodist Church heal.
“2023 has been a year when the climate of the world — a world filled with skepticism, distrust, anger and fear — has confronted our work and leadership at every turn,” Bickerton told more than 100 United Methodist bishops and other denominational leaders gathered from four continents for the fall meeting of the Council of Bishops.
However, Bickerton stressed during the Nov. 7 opening worship service that the experiences of the past year do not mean the end of The United Methodist Church or its mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
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