United Methodists remember President Carter

The United States lost a great humanitarian and brilliant leader with the passing of former President Jimmy Carter, said his longtime friend the Rev. James Laney, former dean of Candler School of Theology, president of Emory University and U.S. ambassador to South Korea. Carter, the United States’ 39^th president who redefined post-presidency, died Dec. 29 at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100.

Carter was a lifelong Baptist who long taught a well-attended Sunday school class at his home Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains. However, he and his late wife, Rosalynn, maintained strong ties with United Methodists over the years. The two married at Plains United Methodist Church in 1946. United Methodist Bishop William R. Cannon gave the inaugural prayer for Jimmy Carter's presidential inauguration. Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church in Atlanta hosted Rosalynn Carter’s memorial service in 2023. Read More Here