Finding Fairness
By Thomas Lambrecht -- In this season of our denomination’s life, Methodists of goodwill should advocate for a fair exit process and terms for local churches and clergy desiring to realign. Many annual conferences in the U.S. have adopted fair processes for...
Streams of Living Water: Revival at Asbury
By Suzanne Nicholson -- (The Asbury University revival gives us a window into the heart of God and how the Holy Spirit works in unusual ways in the lives of his people. The following article was written almost a week ago when public services were still being held...
Seminary preps pastors for laity’s big questions
By Jason Byassee Like many Methodists with a stake in both the church and the academy, I read the Rev. Sky McCracken’s commentary (in the July 5 Reporter) with more than a little interest. Mr. McCracken offers a damning indictment of the failure of our seminaries to...
Staying connected to college students
By Renee Elder Congregations routinely celebrate college-bound youth with farewell gifts and parties featuring slideshows of pre-school Christmas pageants, high-school mission trips, and almost everything in-between. But youth leaders and pastors who want to extend...
John Stott has died
“The evangelical world has lost one of its greatest spokesmen, and I have lost one of my close personal friends and advisors. I look forward to seeing him again when I go to Heaven.” –Billy Graham
Rev. John Stott, Major Evangelical Figure, Dies at 90
By Wolfgang Saxon, The New York Times
The Rev. John Stott, one of the world’s most influential figures in the spread of evangelical Christianity over the past half-century, died Wednesday in Lingfield, Surrey, in the south of England. He was 90.
Perspective – April 19, 2011
Let the restructuring begin: Women's Division votes to "structurally separate" from GBGM In a historic vote, the Women's Division Board of Directors voted unanimously to "structurally separate" from the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) and become an...
Passion plays unite believers across centuries
By Alice T. Carter
The story is almost 2,000 years old. Yet, each year, it becomes new again as churches and other groups stage Lenten dramas depicting Jesus’ final days on earth and his resurrection.
Soul Surfer reviewed by Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2011/04/movie-review-soul-surfer.html
Call to Action: Where Is Transformation? By Brian Miller
http://missionalorientation.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/call-to-action-where-is-transformation/
Leadership Summit tackles church future
http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5259669&ct=9338311&tr=y&auid=8120704
Tooley reviews Hauerwas’ “Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir”
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/04/05/a-prophet-against-the-empire
