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This is on point. I'm Magna Chakrabardi and today we're joined by pastor Beth Stroud. Just two days ago

Pastor Stroud was reinstated into the United Methodist Church as pastor.

Pastor Stroud, welcome.

Thank you so much for having me, Magna.

Will you describe that moment from Tuesday?

I, it's a closed session so I was waiting outside the room. You know it was a long

wait I knew I was number, item 32 on the agenda and I was kind of following

along outside the room and then all of a sudden people were texting me and saying, you know, the I before I even knew what was happening, the vote had happened and they were inviting me to come in and a colleague, a good friend came out and took me by the hand and brought me into the room and people were clapping and cheering and standing up and singing and I you know I just didn't know which way was up

I just didn't know which way was up.

I couldn't even tell you know where I was or where the front of the

room was. I was kind of like I just I complete, complete disorientation.

Yeah well so the key word in the question I asked you is reinstated, right?

So you were reinstated as a member of the clergy for the United Methodist Church,

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