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Within the atmosphere of general hesitancy, many Methodist clergymen see specific obstacles to merger...
...look at the proposal and we don't see how it would work," says Detroit .Bishop Marshall Russell Reed. "As long as the Episcopal Church holds to apostolic succession. I don't see how there could be a merger." A basic difference between the Methodists and the Episcopalians centers on the Episcopal belief that a minister must be ordained by a bishop who himself was consecrated in the line of succession from the time of Christ's Apostles. Methodist ministers are ordained by both a bishop and other elders, who do not claim that they are part...
...proposed merger would involve concessions on someone's part." says Dr. William D. White, pastor of the Elmhurst (Ill.) Methodist Church. "For instance, Methodists are against drinking, while Episcopalians believe in moderation...
...very much interested in unity, but I'm not interested in union," argues Dr. Theodore Palmquist, pastor of Washington's Foundry Methodist Church. "In Protestantism, division is our strength because we allow for differences in opinion. If you're more emotional you can go to an emotional church; if you like ritual, you could choose the Episcopal Church...
...recent Boston University poll of Methodist clergy and laymen found only 23% advocating that Methodists "should seek full union with all Christian bodies willing to explore the possibility." Sixty-three percent preferred that Methodists only cooperate with other Christian bodies in activities that can be done better to gether than separately. Says the Rev. H. F. Lawhorn of Atlanta's Capitol View Methodist Church: "We ought to remember what Christ said-'Other sheep have I, . not of this fold...