As a bishop, Craig served on the United Methodist General Commission on the Status and Role of Women (1984–88), the U.M. General Council on Ministries (1988–92), and the General Board of Publication. Bishop Craig received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1979, another from Adrian College in 1985, a Doctor of Divinity degree from Otterbein College in 1994, and another D.D. from Lebanon Valley College (also 1994). In 1996 she was honored to be selected by her colleagues on the U.M. Council of Bishops to deliver the Episcopal Address at General Conference.