Finding Effective Leaders
Finding Effective Leaders By Rob Renfroe Recently I had a conversation with a friend who is grateful for the Global Methodist Church but who is concerned for its future. Not because of anything that is presently occurring but because “we’re all human and we all have a...
A Parting Thank You
A Parting Thank You By Rob Renfroe and Thomas Lambrecht Good News was founded in 1967 to be a voice for scriptural Christianity within what would in 1968 become The United Methodist Church. Now, fifty-seven years later, our board of directors and our executive...
Nigerian Conflict and Chaos
Nigerian Conflict and Chaos By Thomas Lambrecht This has been a difficult summer for the Good News office. Hurricane Beryl caused two weeks of power outages, preventing us from working in the office or accomplishing much of anything. Technical issues caused our...
A Promise Kept and a Promise Spurned
A Promise Kept and a Promise Spurned By Thomas Lambrecht As United Methodists continue to become aware of the actions taken by the 2024 General Conference, responses range from celebration to confusion to disagreement to disenchantment. Many are asking the question:...
Turmoil After General Conference
Turmoil After General Conference By Thomas Lambrecht The actions of the 2024 General Conference are reverberating around the church. Right now, they are mostly reverberating around Africa. Some African bishops have yet to return home, but members are hearing reports...
Rev. Mike Schafer Selected as GM Church’s First Connectional Operations Officer
Rev. Mike Schafer Selected as GM Church’s First Connectional Operations Officer By Walter Fenton June 5, 2024 After an extensive search process, the Global Methodist Church’s Transitional Leadership Council confirmed at its Monday, June 3, 2024, meeting that...
United Methodism in Africa is not for sale to Western Cultural Christianity
United Methodism in Africa is not for sale to Western Cultural Christianity By Dr. Jerry Kulah A month ago, the worldwide United Methodist Church (UMC) concluded its postponed 2020 General Conference, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 23 April to 3 May 2024. The...
What Would Regionalization Look Like?
What Would Regionalization Look Like? By Thomas Lambrecht Before pivoting to today’s topic examining the likely evolution of regionalization, it is important to note some significant developments in the aftermath of the 2024 UMC General Conference. Anxious...
The Myth of Neutrality
The Myth of Neutrality By Thomas Lambrecht As observers continue to unpack the significance of actions taken by the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, one myth continues to float around the blogosphere: the General Conference merely returned the UM...
Room for Traditionalists?
Room for Traditionalists? By Thomas Lambrecht The 2020/2024 General Conference has just concluded its ten-day run in Charlotte, North Carolina. A summary of some of the actions taken by the conference are available in last week’s Perspective, “A Tale of a New Church.”...
A Tale of a New Church
A Tale of a New Church By Thomas Lambrecht The story of the 2024 General Conference meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the story of a new church being born. Two years ago this month, the Global Methodist Church was born, and it is growing and maturing quickly....
Message from African Delegates at 2024 General Conference
Message from African Delegates at 2024 General Conference Thursday, May 2, 2024 We speak as Africans, representing the majority of African delegates and, we believe, the vast majority of United Methodists in the thirty-five annual conferences in Africa. We have loved...
