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Note 473 by UMNS on Nov. 24, 1997 at 16:12 Eastern (2723 characters).

CONTACT: Thomas S. McAnally				661(10-21-28-30-71B){473}
         Nashville, Tenn. (615) 742-5470			  Nov. 24, 1997

EDITORS NOTE:  This may be used as a sidebar to UMNS #659 {471}.

Participants in theological dialogues

NASHVILLE, Tenn.  (UMNS) -- Participants in a discussion of theological
differences here Nov. 20-21 and in Dallas Feb. 19-20 were chosen by a design
team consisting of the Rev. Billy Abraham, professor of Wesley Studies at
Perkins School of Theology in Dallas; the Rev. Donald E. Messer, president of
Iliff School of Theology in Denver; the Rev. Maxie D. Dunnam, president of
Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky.; and the Rev. Linda Thomas,
assistant professor of theology and anthropology at Garrett Evangelical
Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill.
At least six participants are identified with the Confessing
Movement, an unofficial group calling the church to doctrinal conformity.
Another five are longtime activists who have supported issues such as the
acceptance and participation of homosexual people in the life of the church.
Other participants, in addition to the design team members, are:
the Rev. Bruce Robbins, New York, staff executive of the churchwide Commission
on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns;
Bishop Judith Craig, Ohio West Area;
Mary Daffin, an attorney who is a member of First United Methodist Church in
Houston;
Bishop Marion M. Edwards, Raleigh (N.C.) Area;
John Gardner, a layman who teaches  at the University of Wisconsin in
LaCrosse;
the Rev. McAlister Hollins, senior pastor of Ben Hill United Methodist Church
in Atlanta;
the Rev. Les Longden, pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Lansing,
Mich.;
Bishop Richard C. Looney, South Georgia Area;
the Rev. Kent Millard, pastor of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in
Indianapolis;
the Rev. Joy Moore, director of women and ethnic ministries at Asbury
Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky.;
Twick Morrison, Vicksburg, Miss., a laywoman active in churchwide leadership;
Shirley Parris, Brooklyn, N.Y., a laywoman active in churchwide leadership;
the Rev. Naomi P.F. Southard,  pastor of United Berkeley Methodist Church in
Oakland, Calif.;
the Rev. Gregory Stover, pastor of Sharonville United Methodist Church in
Cincinnati, Ohio;
Ernest Swiggett, White Plains, N.Y., a layman and treasurer of the New York
Annual Conference;
the Rev. Mark Trotter, pastor of First United Methodist Church in San Diego,
Calif.;
the Rev. Eradio Valverde Jr., pastor of El Mesias United Methodist Church in
Mission, Texas;
the Rev. J. Philip Wogaman, senior pastor of Foundry United Methodist Church
in Washington;
retired Bishop Joseph H. Yeakel of Smithsburg, Md.
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