Is the Protocol Doomed?
By Thomas Lambrecht For nearly the last ten years, Good News has advocated for an amicable separation in The United Methodist Church. Following the 2012 General Conference, it became apparent that the different understandings of Methodism could not continue together...
Why I am a Wesleyan
By Kevin M. Watson Almost all of my writing for the church and the academy has focused in one way or another on the Wesleyan theological tradition. From time to time I am asked: Why are you Wesleyan? When I was in seminary, I remember experiencing some shock at the...
Texas floods force rescue of many
By Shannon Martin and Sam Hodges Aug. 27, 2017 | HOUSTON (UMNS) United Methodists ministers have been among those rescued from rising waters in Houston as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to bring catastrophic flooding to much of south Texas. The Rev. Vincent Harris, a...
Harvey floods hit Houston churches
By Sam Hodges August 28, 2017 | DALLAS (UMNS) From flooded buildings to pastors and other staff forced to flee their homes, United Methodist churches in south Texas grappled with a ruinous storm that wouldn’t go away.The Rev. Rudy Rasmus of St. John’s United Methodist...
Stonewalling in the West
Before publishing the following commentary regarding complaints filed against Bishop Karen Olevito, Good News reached out to Bishop Grant Hagiya, president of the Western Jurisdiction's College of Bishops. We asked him if "there [was] any information regarding this...
Wesley and Schism
By Walter Fenton- Dr. Scott Kisker's recent essay on John Wesley, Methodism, and schism begins as so many often do. He quotes from Wesley's famous sermon On Schism: "It is evil itself." But just when we think Kisker is setting us up for another lecture on schism's...
Confronting racism and violence
“To our shame, overt racism is becoming more acceptable in American culture today,” writes Bishop Scott Jones, the United Methodist episcopal leader of the Texas Annual Conference, in his recent pastoral letter. “It is a deep affront to the Greatest Generation that...
Orthodoxy and Ethics
By Walter Fenton- James K. A. Smith, professor of philosophy at Calvin College, has recently sparked a healthy conversation about how the word "orthodox" (literally, "right belief") is used these days, particularly when it is interjected into the volatile conversation...
