Albany’s Beckum is a possible for bishop

A nation-wide leadership search is taking place in the United Methodist Church this week in three locations where church delegates are electing eleven new bishops. This process of discernment will be of particular interest in Southwest Georgia since one of the nominees is the highly qualified Dr. Robert Beckum, former pastor of First United Methodist Church in Albany. One election is taking place at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, where 14 candidates seek to be elected to replace five retiring bishops. Dr. Beckum would serve the church very well.

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