01 May A Forum for UB Interaction

The new BishopBlog has several purposes:

• A vehicle for me, as bishop, to cast vision.
• An informational Grand Central Station (as already described).
• A forum for interacting over UB-related issues.

We’ve needed a forum.

• The United Brethren magazine was a forum…until we discontinued it in 1993.
• Annual and midyear conferences were a forum…until we discontinued them in 2005.
• The national conference isn’t a good forum. Not with several hundred delegates, and meetings only once every two years.

But good interaction can occur via the Internet. That’s what we want here.

• I want your honest reactions to what I and others write.
• I want to know what’s on your heart.
• I want to know how you perceive things.
• I want to learn from you.
• I want us all to learn from each other.

01 May Your One-Stop UB Bookmark

The BishopBlog is your one-stop United Brethren browser bookmark. The UB Grand Central Station of information. Come here, and we’ll point you to what’s happening in the UB world.

The United Brethren church has a large web presence.

• The UB.org site–the official website of the UB church in the United States.
• UBMissions.com–the work of Global Ministries and our international conferences.
• Huntington.edu–the Huntington University site.
• The BishopBlog–which is where you’re at right now.
• AtMyChurch.com–a UB service which provides websites for churches.
• The UB News page–where we regularly post UB-related news.
• The staff openings and church websites pages frequently contain new info.
• The UB church and missionary directories are tied into our master database.
• Blogs by UB people–a growing list.

So how do you keep track of what’s happening?

• Bookmark all of these sites in your browser.
• Check each one individually to see if something has changed?

No. Just come here. As a shortcut, Bishopblog.org will get you here, too.