Word: ensley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...church's General Conference in Atlanta, which wound up last week, Ohio Bishop F. Gerald Ensley identified "the decline of Christian belief" as the cause of much of the Methodist malaise. Ensley's address, which was endorsed by all 95 bishops, said the church contains many "wistful skeptics," some of whom are clergymen. "Probably not for centuries has the witness of Christian people on ultimate questions been so hesitant and uncertain." The Articles of Religion of Methodist Founder John Wesley, for instance, stated that Jesus arose bodily from the grave. But a 1965 poll showed that only...