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"UNITED METHODIST DAILY NEWS" by SUSAN PEEK on Aug. 11, 1991 at 13:58 Eastern,
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United Methodist Council of Bishops
to meet in Des Moines April 26-May 2

                 by United Methodist News Service

     More than 100 United Methodist bishops from around the world
will be in Des Moines, Iowa, April 26-May 2 for their semi-annual
meeting.
     Sessions of the Council of Bishops will be held at the
Holiday Inn in West Des Moines.  Preliminary committee meetings
will begin Saturday, April 26 but the first plenary session will
begin Tuesday morning, April 29, at 10:30 a.m.  The meeting will
adjourn Friday, May 2 at noon.
     The council includes 50 active bishops in the United States
and 17 from Africa, Europe and the Philippines.  About 65 retired
bishops participate in the sessions but do not vote.  
     Of the 50 active U.S. bishops, 10 are African American, nine
are women, two are Hispanic, one is Japanese American, and one is
Korean American.
     Presiding over sessions in Des Moines will be Bishop Woodie
W. White of Indianapolis.  At the close of the meeting president-
designate Bishop Emerito P. Nacpil of Manila, Philippines, will be
installed for a one-year term.  He will be the first Filipino
bishop to serve as president of the council.
     United Methodists are the second largest Protestant group in
the United States with more than 8.5 million members and more than
a million outside the United States.
     During their sessions in Des Moines, the bishops will
continue work on an episcopal initiative on children and poverty
that was launched last year. 
     Among guests at the meeting will be Bishop Hong-Do Kim,
president of the Korean Methodist Church, second largest Methodist
denomination in the world, and pastor of Keum Ran Methodist Church
in Seoul.  Koreans comprise one of the fastest growing groups
within the United Methodist Church in the United States.
     During the semi-annual sessions the bishops often speak out
on issues related to church and society. The topics and
resolutions are determined by a Committee on Resolutions after the
meeting begins. The committee, chaired by Bishop Mary Ann Swenson
of Denver, will make its report at 3:45 p.m; Thursday, May 1. 
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