Archive for the ‘July-August 2011’ Category

A harbinger of General Conference 2012

Posted by steve On July - 22 - 2011

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

Posted by steve On July - 22 - 2011

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

Posted by steve On July - 22 - 2011

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

Posted by steve On July - 22 - 2011

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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