First Wave of GMC Conferences Launched
First Wave of GMC Conferences Launched By Chassity Neckers – Bishop Mark Webb of the newly-formed Global Methodist Church recently wrote about being in an airport and seeing a book entitled The In-Between: Embracing the Tension Between Now and the Next Big Thing. He...
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Looking Back, Moving Forward By K. Lynn Lewis Revival. Awakening. Outpouring. Manifestation of God’s presence. Gentleness. Glory. Peace. There are many descriptors spawned from the chapel service that began on February 8, 2023, in Hughes Auditorium at Asbury...
Is Structural Unity Mandatory for the Church?
By Thomas Lambrecht - In a recent blog, Bishop Gary Mueller makes the case for yet another plan to resolve the conflict in The United Methodist Church. His "2 X 4 Plan" calls for two regional conferences in each part of the globe -- Africa, Europe, the Philippines,...
Guest Commentary: Why Progressives and Traditionalists should Support the Protocol
Jack Jackson is E. Stanley Jones Associate Professor of Evangelism, Mission, and Global Methodism at Claremont School of Theology in California. Some of the opinions expressed in this analysis will be provocative to both progressive and traditionalist readers....
UMC Africa Initiative supports Separation Protocol
Press Release from Africa Initiative February 27, 2020 Clergy and lay leaders from the three Central Conferences of Africa, representing the UMC Africa Initiative from thirteen annual conferences, gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 24th to 27th February 2020...
What Separation Means for Clergy
By Thomas Lambrecht - As the details of the "Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation" become better understood, questions arise about how the Protocol of Separation would affect groups within the church. I have already looked at how it affects...
What Separation Means for Central Conferences
By Thomas Lambrecht - Now that the enabling legislation for the "Protocol for Reconciliation and Grace through Separation" has been publicly released, I am at liberty to share more fully the details of what it proposes. I previously wrote about how the process of...
Advocacy Groups From Across the Church Endorse the Protocol
The governing boards of advocacy groups who often are referred to as traditionalist, centrist, or progressive today announced their endorsement and support of the Protocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation. The following organizations join in this...
