Over the past few months, annual conferences of the United Methodist Church have been meeting all over the world. Although delegate elections for General Conference 2012 have been the primary focus, many pieces of legislation have been considered for submission to the quadrennial gathering of worldwide United Methodism to be held in Tampa, Florida April 24-May 4, 2012.
The average Protestant church has 39 percent men and 61 percent women, according to a study of 300,000 worshippers in 2,000 congregations across the United States. No one believes we have too many women, but many congregations want to find ways to reach the 69 million men who do not attend any church.
Robin Wertz says she learned a life-changing lesson at Exodus House, the United Methodist residential ministry in Oklahoma City where people who are fresh out of prison come to start a new life.
By Steve Harper
Every religion has a spirituality, because spirituality simply means our capacity to relate to God through certain established ways for doing that. The ability and necessity of speaking about spirituality in precise ways brings us to an exploration of the features of Wesleyan spirituality. In this article we will look at some selected features of it.
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A harbinger of General Conference 2012
By Liza Kittle
Over the past few months, annual conferences of the United Methodist Church have been meeting all over the world. Although delegate elections for General Conference 2012 have been the primary focus, many pieces of legislation have been considered for submission to the quadrennial gathering of worldwide United Methodism to be held in Tampa, Florida April 24-May 4, 2012.
Looking for a few (million) good men
By Rich Peck
The average Protestant church has 39 percent men and 61 percent women, according to a study of 300,000 worshippers in 2,000 congregations across the United States. No one believes we have too many women, but many congregations want to find ways to reach the 69 million men who do not attend any church.
Spiritual transformation that began in prison
By Boyce Bowdon
Robin Wertz says she learned a life-changing lesson at Exodus House, the United Methodist residential ministry in Oklahoma City where people who are fresh out of prison come to start a new life.
Embracing Wesleyan Spirituality
By Steve Harper
Every religion has a spirituality, because spirituality simply means our capacity to relate to God through certain established ways for doing that. The ability and necessity of speaking about spirituality in precise ways brings us to an exploration of the features of Wesleyan spirituality. In this article we will look at some selected features of it.
Challenging America’s Bad Religion
Pray to end violence against Christians
Jesus and the goodness of everything human
Can General Conference return us to ‘the quarry’?
Bishop John Innis shares upbeat view on Liberia
UMC reforms face test at General Conference
‘Signs of the times’: Pages from my ’95 notebook
‘The Way’ follows characters on spiritual pilgrimage
“Sacred worth” isn’t enough for ordination
Rethink Christmas – Two books call for making the most of the holiday
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