World Methodist Council's New President Talks About What Holds A Fracturing Church Together

In August, the World Methodist Council, an umbrella group of Methodist denominations, meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, elected the Rev. Debra Wallace-Padgett president of the council. Wallace-Padgett has been a bishop of the United Methodist Church since 2012 and has led both the denomination’s North Alabama Conference and, since 2021, its Holston Conference, in eastern Tennessee.

In a recent email interview, Wallace-Padgett discussed her plans for the WMC, which she describes as “a platform for dialogue, collaboration and mutual support among its member churches,” and the challenges facing the UMC in the United States.

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