Arthur James Armstrong

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Arthur James Armstrong was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1968, becoming the youngest United Methodist bishop in the United States.

He was the son and grandson of Methodist Preachers. He earned academic degrees from Florida Southern College (A.B.), Candler School of Theology, Emory University (Bachelor of Divinity) and did graduate work at Boston University and the University of Chicago. He was awarded honorary degrees by Florida Southern College, DePauw University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Dakota Wesleyan University, and Westmar College.

Prior to his election to the Episcopacy, Armstrong gained wide recognition as the innovative Pastor of the Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. He also served on the U.M. Commission on Religion and Race.

He resigned the episcopacy in 1983 after acknowledging infidelity to his wife. [1]

[edit] Selected Writings

• Truth Telling: The Foolishness of Preaching in a Real World
• The Nation Yet to Be
• Wilderness Voices
• The United Methodist Primer, (Revised Edition) Nashville, Discipleship Resources, 1976 (originally published Nashville, Tidings, 1972).
• Mission: Middle America
• The Urgent Now
• The Journey That Men Make
• The Pastor and the Public Servant

[edit] See also

• List of Bishops of the United Methodist Church

[edit] External links

• a Message by James Armstrong
• and another, with biographical information
• Bishop Armstrong and the National Council of Churches