Release #042 {2906} April 24, 1996

DENVER (UMNS) -- Of the four people elected April 24 to serve on the United Methodist Church's Judicial Council, three are returnees and one is a new member.

Returning to the council are Sally AsKew, Elberton, Ga.; the Rev. John Corry, Nashville, Tenn.; and Tom Matheny, Hammond, La. Elected to a first term was the Rev. C. Rex Bevins, Lincoln, Nebr.

Continuing to serve the balance of their eight-year terms are Wesley Bailey, Winston- Salem, N.C.; Evelynn S. Caterson, Absecon, N.J.; the Rev. Susan T. Henry-Crowe, Atlanta, Ga.; the Rev. Zan W. Holmes Jr., Dallas; and the Rev. Theodore H. Walter, Columbia, S.C.

Bevins, senior pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church, is in his eighth year as chair of the Nebraska Conference council on ministries and recently chaired the Conference Joint Review Committee.

AsKew, academic law librarian at the University of Georgia School of Law, has served on the Judicial Council since 1988 and has been its vice president since 1992.

Corry, who holds B.A., M.Div., D.Min. and J.D. degrees, is pastor of Patterson Memorial United Methodist Church and assistant general counsel at United Methodist-related Meharry Medical College.

Matheny, a trustee of several United Methodist institutions, was elected to the Judicial Council in 1972 and has served as its president since 1976.

Election of alternates was deferred.

-- Joretta Purdue

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