He Wants You Back

He Wants You Back

He Wants You Back By BJ Funk My oldest son texted words that hit like a large brick thrown at my stomach. He wrote, “My birth mother passed.” I wasn’t prepared for this. I remember that joyous moment when the lady with the adoption agency placed this baby in my arms....

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TMS Global Celebrates 40 Years

TMS Global Celebrates 40 Years

TMS Global Celebrates 40 Years By Jenifer Jones In November 1983, the Christian missions organization began when 34 United Methodist pastors and mission-minded individuals gathered in St. Louis. They had watched the decline in the number of United Methodist...

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GMC Convening Event to be held in Costa Rica

GMC Convening Event to be held in Costa Rica By Walter Felton (Global Methodist Church) “Prayer teams and networks all around the Global Methodist Church are daily calling on the Lord for His empowerment and presence at the church’s convening General Conference,” said...

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Extending Fair Disaffiliation Options

Extending Fair Disaffiliation Options By Thomas Lambrecht The main agenda items for the Renewal and Reform Coalition at the 2024 General Conference meeting in Charlotte, NC, April 23-May 3 relate to providing new disaffiliation pathways for churches and annual...

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Rethinking Regionalization

Rethinking Regionalization By Thomas Lambrecht The top agenda item for the 2024 General Conference in April for most progressives is to adopt “regionalization” as the new mode of United Methodist governance. This proposal would be a dramatic shift in how the UM Church...

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New Stage for Unique Methodist Collection

New Stage for Unique Methodist Collection By Sam Hodges (United Methodist News) Out of sight for more than two years, a leading Methodist historical collection is back on display in a new home: Bridwell Library at Perkins School of Theology in Dallas. John Wesley,...

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Journey of Prayer

Journey of Prayer By Bonnie McClure Prayer is so intimate. When we can become still enough to engage with it, we find ourselves facing our raw insides and feebly we attempt to articulate our hearts’ true desires and fears. Often we know immediately the truth about us...

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The Way of the Cross

The Way of the Cross By K. Morgan Edwards Good News Archive 1970 Good News Convocation The word out of the New Testament is that God seeks to redeem us. This is what Paul said, “And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised...

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