Methodist bishop shares peace background
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STAMFORD, Conn.—Bishop Sally Dyck, who grew up in a Mennonite community, spoke about holy conferencing to the Women’s Division of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries during its Oct. 5-8 annual meeting.
Photo by Cassandra Heller.
Dyck said she learned about peacemaking at an early age.
Now she and others would like to see an emphasis on peacemaking or “holy conferencing” implemented more widely across the denomination.
“While the United Methodist Church has not been a historic peace church, it’s had the emphasis for many, many years,” she told directors of the division.
Dyck considers peacemaking a “major function” of Christian discipleship.
She characterized holy conferencing as a “means of grace,” a way of being open to what God has intended.
Noting that the word “confer” means “to mutually search for truth,” she added, “How we make those decisions may be every bit as important as what they are.”—Linda Bloom
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