The â??New Roomâ? conference last week outside Nashville, hosted by Seedbed, a publishing arm of Asbury Seminary, attracted about 600 Wesleyans across denominations, including at least four United Methodist bishops, for spiritual and intellectual uplift. (Read Bishop Mike Lowryâ??s report.) Last yearâ??s first â??New Roomâ? event attracted several hundred.
Speakers this year included Jo Anne Lyons, Wesleyan Church General Superintendent (pictured above), Asbury Seminary President Tim Tennent, and rising United Methodist thinkers like Kevin Watson of Candier School of Theology and Andrew Thompson, previously of Memphis Theological Seminary.
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