Life Vests and Torpedoes
By Steve Beard - Some of the most emotional moments broadcast on television are when deployed military parents return unexpectedly to surprise their kids coming home from school, during a musical recital, or at a graduation. Sheer joy boils over and you can almost...
Finding (Another) Way Forward
By Thomas Lambrecht Since the 2016 General Conference, The United Methodist Church has been trying to find a way to resolve our differences that can be supported by a majority of the denomination. The Commission on a Way Forward was set up to bring...
United Methodists boost UMCOR kit supply
By Barbara Dunlap-Berg
What happens when two neighboring annual (regional) conferences compete to see who can collect the most hand towels for UMCOR health kits?
A harbinger of General Conference 2012
By Liza Kittle
Over the past few months, annual conferences of the United Methodist Church have been meeting all over the world. Although delegate elections for General Conference 2012 have been the primary focus, many pieces of legislation have been considered for submission to the quadrennial gathering of worldwide United Methodism to be held in Tampa, Florida April 24-May 4, 2012.
Looking for a few (million) good men
By Rich Peck
The average Protestant church has 39 percent men and 61 percent women, according to a study of 300,000 worshippers in 2,000 congregations across the United States. No one believes we have too many women, but many congregations want to find ways to reach the 69 million men who do not attend any church.
Spiritual transformation that began in prison
By Boyce Bowdon
Robin Wertz says she learned a life-changing lesson at Exodus House, the United Methodist residential ministry in Oklahoma City where people who are fresh out of prison come to start a new life.
Editorial: Compromising positions
By Rob Renfroe
It’s that time again. In just a couple of months we will have elected delegates to General Conference. And caucus groups are meeting all over the Connection. Some are making lists of the candidates they will support and want other Annual Conference delegates to support. Others are making lists while denying that they’re doing so. And still others claim the moral high ground and condemn those who organize to get others elected—as if there is something immoral, non-Methodist, or un-American about working to send persons to General Conference who share their views, their values, and their vision for the church.
United Methodist mission agency restructures
By Elliott Wright
The United Methodist Church’s worldwide mission agency took historical steps on April 12 toward becoming more flexible, effective, and cost efficient in response to contemporary mission opportunities.
