Tag: Jurisdictions
U.S. bishops take on expanded roles
![Bishops process at 2019 General Conference](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Council-of-Bishops.jpg)
Just as Bishop David Bard has taken an interim assignment in Minnesota, other U.S. bishops are receiving additional conferences to shepherd as of September 2, 2021.
Council urges no new bishops
![Council of Bishop's chair Cynthia Fierro Harvey](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Harvey-Cynthia-Nov-2020.jpg)
The Council of Bishops wants to postpone electing any new bishops in the U.S. and slow down adding more bishops in Africa.