Bishops plan to explore 'new forms of unity'

Faced with the fallout of a divisive General Conference, United Methodist bishops said they would join other church members in exploring new possibilities for the denomination’s future. But at this point, they see their role more as listening rather than directing the church’s conversation.

“There is a sense among the council that we are in untenable times,” said the Council of Bishops in a May 9 statement to the church. “To this end, the council is exploring models and plans of new forms of unity.”

The bishops spend much of their May 4-9 meeting in closed session processing what happened in February’s special session of the denomination’s top lawmaking body.

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