Letter to Martin 2015 Bishop White
Channel: Joseph McBrayer
Date: 29/09/2015

January 2015 // Bishop Woodie White reading his annual "Letter to Martin" (Martin Luther King, Jr.) on the state of race relations and racial justice in America. Bishop White is a retired United Methodist Bishop, was (and is) an active leader in the Civil Rights movement, and continues to teach and work for racial and social justice. He is the Bishop in Residence at Candler School of Theology (http://candler.emory.edu) at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga where he teaches, preaches, and works to equip future leaders of the church for the transformation of the world.

Bishop White is a graduate of Paine College in Augusta, Ga and Boston University School of Theology. From 1969-1984 he was General Secretary of the General Commission on Religion and Race (http://gcorr.org) of The United Methodist Church (http://umc.org). Elected a bishop in 1984, he served the Illinois Great Rivers Area prior to his service in Indiana. He was president of the General Board of Discipleship (http://gbod.org) from 1988-1992 and president of the Council of Bishops in 1996-1997. Bishop White was elected to the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Board of Preachers at Morehouse College (http://morehouse.edu) in Atlanta, Georgia.

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