Christianity • Protestantism Kenneth Lee Carder (born November 18, 1940) is a retired American bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1992.
Born in Washington County, Tennessee, Kenneth is one of five children of Allen and Edith Carder.
Ken graduated with honors from East Tennessee State University in 1962, and from Wesley Theological Seminary in 1965.
Among the offices he held in the Council of Bishops are the following: chairperson of the Teaching Concerns Committee, Secretary of the Task Force on the Episcopal Initiative on Children and Poverty, and the Council's Laison to United Methodist Seminaries.
Academic Ministry Sermons on United Methodist Beliefs, Abingdon Press, 1991 Who Are We?
Grace to Lead: Practicing Leadership in the Wesleyan Tradition,(Co-authored with Lacey C. Warner), General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, Revised edition 2016 Ministry with the Forgotten: Dementia Through a Spiritual Lens, Abingdon Press, 2019