The Grace that Awakens
The Grace that Awakens By Bill Ury A beloved mentor of mine would shake up a room when he would talk about the free grace of God and the sinner’s response by saying, “God has a problem!” He would go on to discuss the fact that Jesus would not misuse his love to bribe...
Growth in Grace
Growth in Grace -- By Stephen Rankin -- “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). In our home, affixed to the wall of the entryway from our garage into the kitchen, hangs an oversized yardstick that our son-in-law made...
Coming out of Exile
Coming out of Exile - By Riley B. Case - The 1960s were not a good time for evangelicals. For one thing, the Methodist liberal establishment did not even want to admit evangelicals were evangelicals. When I went to the head of the chapel committee at my Methodist...
There is More! Carolyn Moore’s message to the GMC General Conference
There is More! Carolyn Moore's message to the GMC General Conference - By Carolyn Moore - Days before being elected as a bishop of the Global Methodist Church at its General Conference meeting in Costa Rica, the Rev. Carolyn Moore preached the opening sermon during...
Tears of Joy at GMC General Conference
Tears of Joy at GMC General Conference - November/December 2024 - Climbing up the rough side of the mountain - I cried today. The opening worship of the convening General Conference of the Global Methodist Church [September 20] touched my core. The quality of the...
God is Enough
God is Enough: To the Convening General Conference of GMC - By Bishop Mark J. Webb - November/December 2024 - I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen! I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son...
Unleashing Latent DNA
Unleashing Latent DNA - By Paul Lawler - November/December 2024 - The late Dr. William Abraham passed from this life into glory before seeing the birth of the Global Methodist Church, yet while he walked on this earth, he believed the day would come when a reset of...
Be Full of the Holy Spirit
Be Full of the Holy Spirit - By Luther Oconer - According to Luke, “In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of...
New Day in San Jose
New Day in San Jose - By David F. Watson - November/December 2024 - The convening General Conference of the Global Methodist Church opened with the recitation of the Apostles’ Creed by a ten-year-old girl. It was a fitting beginning to our gathering in Costa Rica. We...
Remembering Dick McClain
Remembering Dick McClain - Richard William “Dick” McClain, former Good News board member and past president of TMS Global, went home to be with Jesus on September 4, 2024. Born into a missionary family in Canton, China, Dick’s life was shaped by faith and service. His...
Let’s Discover What’s Next Together
Let's Discover What's Next Together - By Jim Ramsay - In 1985, Good News magazine posed a critical question on its cover: “Which Way to the Future?” Photographed against the backdrop of Atlanta’s iconic “spaghetti junction,” two men, Revs. H.T. Maclin and Virgil...
GMC Launches in Costa Rica
GMC Launches in Costa Rica - By Steve Beard - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 - Worldwide Methodism has been dramatically overhauled during the last few years. Thousands of local congregations disaffiliated from The United Methodist Church prior to the 2024 UMC General...
