LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. — A Virginia Methodist minister has been tapped to lead the World Methodist Council, a global network of 74 denominations in 130 countries.
George H. Freeman, who is currently a district superintendent in the church’s Virginia Conference, will become the general secretary of the council when it meets in England in July.
Freeman was nominated by an 11-member search committee that met in Cape Town, South Africa. Freeman will succeed Joe Hale, the council’s leader since 1976, and will be based in Lake Junaluska, N.C.
Bishop Joe Pennel of Virginia said Freeman has the skills and know-how to run the council’s day-to-day operations.
Freeman was ordained in 1972 after attending college at Emory University and Henry College. He attended divinity school at Emory’s Candler School of Theology.
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