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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South conference in Birmingham, Ala., on May 2 awaits judicial council ruling on merger vote legality amid threats of secession by Georgia anti-unificationists led by Judge James Davis; plans to elect seven new bishops.
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Rumblings of Secessionist Church Heard if General Conference Vote Is Sustained
AWAIT VERDICT OF JUDICIAL COUNCIL
Legality of Vote Last Week Challenged; Georgia Methodist Group Prepares To Set Up Own Church; Conference Turns to Election of Seven New Bishops
Birmingham, Ala., May 2.-(AP)- Rumblings of a "secessionist" church if south and north Methodism merge took more definite form today as the quadrennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, awaited a verdict from the judicial council on legality of its unification vote.
Leaders of an anti-unificationist group at Stone Mountain, Ga., a small town near Atlanta, announced they were prepared to organize a new congregation if union went through, but awaited decision of the council before acting.
Judge James Davis, of the Stone Mountain Superior Court, chairman of the protest meeting. said the object of the Georgia dissenters was to organize a new religious unit "to perpetuate the Methodist Episcopal Church, South."
Meanwhile. the conference here turned to election of bishops. with the commission on episcopacy expected to recommend that seven new bishops be named.
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Birmingham, Ala.
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May 2
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anti-unificationist group prepared to organize new congregation if merger upheld; conference to elect seven new bishops.
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Quadrennial conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, South awaited judicial council verdict on legality of unification vote last week. Leaders of anti-unificationist group at Stone Mountain, Ga. announced readiness to form new religious unit to perpetuate the church if union proceeds. Conference turned to election of bishops.