Georgia Church Loses Pastor, Then Its Assets, to Regional UMC …
Jul 21, 2021 · Jody Ray served as the senior pastor at Mount Bethel for nearly five years. Regional leaders of the United Methodist Church (UMC) took control of an 8,000-member congregation in...
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Prominent Georgia Church Leaves United Methodist Church …
Jul 17, 2024 · Earlier this month, Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson reassigned the Rev. Jody Ray, pastor of Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta, Georgia, to a newly created position related to racial reconciliation in the the North Georgia Annual …
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Apr 26, 2021 · Earlier this month, Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson reassigned the Rev. Jody Ray, pastor of Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta, Georgia, to a newly created position …
Mt. Bethel UMC opposing reassignment of senior pastor
Apr 19, 2021 · Dr. Jody Ray, Mt. Bethel’s senior pastor since May 2016, was among those reassigned in North Georgia Conference changes formally announced on Monday in what’s called “Clergy Move Day.”
East Cobb’s Mt. Bethel to leave UMC denomination
Apr 26, 2021 · At issue is the planned reassignment of its prominent senior pastor, the Rev. Jody Ray, who served in that capacity for more than five years. Ray, 51, is now CEO and lead preacher of Mount...
Prominent United Methodist Church Sees Pastor's Reassignment …
Apr 27, 2021 · Earlier this month, Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson reassigned the Rev. Jody Ray, pastor of Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta, Georgia, to a newly created position related to racial reconciliation in the North Georgia Annual Conference of …
Mt. Bethel Church and North Georgia Conference of Methodists …
Jun 14, 2022 · The two groups have been in conflict since April 2021 when the church sought to disaffiliate from the denomination over the reassignment of its pastor, Rev. Jody Ray, against the congregation’s wishes. Mt. Bethel was the largest UMC church in the Atlanta metropolitan region with over 10,000 members.
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Former pastor thinks Mt. Bethel UMC members would vote to …
Sep 17, 2021 · The Rev. Jody Ray, former senior pastor of Mt. Bethel UMC, said while he cannot know for sure, he thinks more than three-quarters of the east Cobb congregation would vote to leave the...