Her message on 1/22/2023 was “Take Jesus to the Streets” and she spoke about how the church needs to work outside its walls and minister to our surrounding communities.
By Jasmine Haynes, Communications Specialist
Bishop Sharma D. Lewis currently serves as the resident bishop of the Richmond Episcopal area and became the first African-American woman to be elected and consecrated to the office of bishop in the Southeastern Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church in 2016.
I also learned that there is a growing chasm in the United Methodist Church centered around the ordaining of LGBQ issues.
Why You Should Be Worried About the Split in the Methodist Church
Protestants are splitting up over LGBTQ issues. In the 1840s, it was slavery that opened a rift.
By JOSHUA ZEITZ
Joshua Zeitz, a Politico Magazine contributing writer, is the author of Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House. Follow him @joshuamzeitz.
Last weekend, over 400 Methodist churches in Texas voted to leave their parent denomination, the United Methodist Church (UMC). Their decision followed the mass exodus of Methodist congregations in other Southern states, including North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Arkansas, and Florida.
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