4 Bishops Revive Custom of Presidential Meetings
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WASHINGTON — Four United Methodist Bishops met recently with President Bush, reviving a custom that began two centuries ago but which has been absent during recent Administrations.
Bishop Jack M. Tuell of Los Angeles, president of the denomination’s council of bishops, said the audience was sought to commemorate the 1789 visit to George Washington by early Methodist Bishops Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke.
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