- Judith Craig
Judith Craig is a
retired AmericanBishop of TheUnited Methodist Church , whose primary field of service was the U.S..Elected bishop in 1984, she was born on
5 June ,1937 inLexington, Missouri .Education
She graduated (B.A.) from
William Jewell College . She completed an M.Div. degree atEden Theological Seminary in 1961, and an M.A. in Christian Education from Union Theological Seminary inNew York City, New York in 1968.Ordained Ministry
Judith was ordained to the ministry of The United Methodist Church, in the
East Ohio Annual Conference , as a Deacon in 1972, and an Elder in 1974, both ordinations by BishopFrancis E. Kearns . She was appointed Minister of Religious Education (later Associate Minister) of the Epworth-Euclid U.M. Church (1972-76). From 1976 to 1980 Judith was the Pastor of the Pleasant Hills U.M. Church. In 1980 Judith was appointed the Director of the (East Ohio) Conference Council on Ministries.Judith was elected a delegate to the 1980 and 1984 General and North Central Jurisdictional Conferences of The U.M. Church, in 1980 also serving as the Secretary of the Legislative Committee on Higher Education and Ministry of the General Conference.
Episcopal Ministry
The North Central Jurisdictional Conference elected Judith a Bishop in 1984. She was assigned to the
Michigan Area, 1984-92. In 1992 she was assigned theOhio West Area, from which she retired in 2000.As a Bishop, Judith served on The U.M. General Commission on the Status and Role of Women (1984-88), the U.M. General Council on Ministries (1988-92), and the General Board of Publication. Bishop Craig received an honorary
Doctor of Humane Letters fromBaldwin-Wallace College (1979), another fromAdrian College (1985), aDoctor of Divinity degree fromOtterbein College (1994), and another D.D. fromLebanon Valley College (also 1994). In 1996 she was honored to be selected by her colleagues on the U.M. Council of Bishops to deliver the Episcopal Address at General Conference.In
retirement , Bishop Craig has served as the Bishop in Residence and a VisitingProfessor of Leadership at theMethodist Theological School in Ohio .References
*InfoServ, the official information service of The United Methodist Church. [http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=1244]
*The Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church [http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=5855]ee also
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List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church External links
* [http://www2.umc.org/umns/photos_headshots.asp?ptid=2&mid=2060&photo=hsc035 Photo of Bishop Craig]
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