Bishop Marcus Matthews to speak at United Theological Seminary’s Advent Commencement

Bishop Marcus Matthews of the Baltimore-Washington Conference is scheduled to  deliver the commencement address at United Theological Seminary on December 19 2014. The Seminary will recognize its December 2014 graduates at its Advent Commencement at Christ United Methodist Church, 3440 Shroyer Road, Dayton, Ohio.

Bishop Matthews is originally from Florence, S.C. He holds degrees from South Carolina State College and Wesley Theological Seminary and earned his Doctor of Ministry from New York Theological Seminary in 1981. He was elected a bishop of the United Methodist Church in 2004 and was assigned to serve the Philadelphia Area, where he served one term. In 2008, he was assigned to the New York West Area, where he successfully led the uniting of two Episcopal Areas and four Annual Conferences into one Episcopal Area and one Annual Conference. He currently serves in the Washington Area and Baltimore-Washington Conference, one of the most diverse conferences in the denomination.

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