Bishop Will Willimon on Theology and the Church

Theology for Our Times · May 13, 2026 · 39m

The Reverend Dr. William H. Willimon is Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at the Divinity School, Duke University. He served eight years as Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of The United Methodist Church, where he led the 157,000 Methodists and 792 pastors in North Alabama. For twenty years prior to the episcopacy, he was Dean of the Chapel and Professor of Christian Ministry at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. He is a CTI Member taking part in the project, From Despair to Hope, made possible by funding from the John Templeton Foundation.