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In reply to the discussion: Ed Schultz EXPOSES Cause Of Racism In The South [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)equality. There probably are exceptions, but I think the Methodist Churches are integrated at the top.
Meet the Ohio bishop for the United Methodist Church
Bishop Gregory Palmer
http://www.google.com/search?q=Methodist+bishop+Ohio&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.51156542,d.cGE,pv.xjs.s.en_US.iz6Z5q8RWbs.O&biw=1024&bih=480&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=7xEeUsj4EKWJiAKD14HwBQ#fp=1b316031d410a2e0&hl=en&q=Bishop+Gregory+Palmer&tbm=isch&um=1
He was educated in the Philadelphia public schools. In 1976 he earned the B.A. degree at George Washington University. His M.Div. degree is from the Duke Divinity School (1979). Palmer was awarded an honorary D.D. from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1999.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_V._Palmer
I have not heard anything negative about him from my Methodist friends.
And North Alabama United Methodist Church has a female bishop.
The Rev. Debra Wallace-Padgett, elected the first woman bishop for the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church, said she hopes to work toward renewal in the church.
She will take office Sept. 1, succeeding Bishop William Willimon, who retires at the end of August.
The United Methodist Church in the United States is ripe for renewal, said Wallace-Padgett, who was consecrated Friday as a bishop after her election Wednesday night.
The 7.8 million-member United Methodist Church, the nations third-largest denomination after Catholics and Southern Baptists, has lost millions of members over the past several decades.
http://www.canterburyumc.org/bishop
So, if you want to strengthen liberal Christianity, check out your local Methodist Church.
Personally, I am a Unitarian. People of all races (and most creeds) are welcome among Unitarians.