Christianity • Protestantism Edwin Charles Boulton (15 April 1928 – 15 May 2000) was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1980.
Following his graduation from Duke he was ordained deacon and appointed to serve the West End and Vass Methodist Churches in the North Carolina Annual Conference, where he remained for three and a half years.
Between 1954 and 1970 Edwin served these churches: Republic Community in Ionia; Pocahontas; and Asbury in Bettendorf.
He had the opportunity of preaching in England, Israel, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary.
Having had health problems since becoming a bishop and after suffering for some months from a rare auto-immune disorder, Boulton died 15 May 2000 in Akron, Ohio.
Larry Sonner, Pastoral Care Director of the Iowa Annual Conference and one of Edwin's long-time close friends presented a sermonic tribute to him.