William B. Oden (B.A. Oklahoma State; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School; Th.D., Boston University School of Theology) has served the church in parish ministry, as a delegate to Jurisdictional and General conferences, and as bishop. He has been president of the Council of Bishops, a member of the executive committee of the World Methodist Council, and co-chair of the International Methodist/Anglican dialogue. He is the author of several books and co-edited Vision and Supervision with the late Bishop James K. Mathews.
