The Global Methodist Church
By Walter Fenton - The Transitional Leadership Council, a 17 member team of theologically conservative Methodists, has released information on the Global Methodist Church. The council said the new church will officially come into existence when a United Methodist...
General Conference Postponed Again
By Thomas Lambrecht - On Thursday, the Commission on the General Conference announced that the 2020 General Conference, postponed once until August 29, 2021, has now been postponed again until August 29, 2022. At the same time, the Council of Bishops announced it is...
Archive: Generational reconciliation modeled at Aldersgate ’95
Archive: Generational reconciliation modeled at Aldersgate '95 Lively preaching and vibrant praise to God have always been hallmarks of United Methodism's annual conference on the Holy Spirit, known as Aldersgate. This year's early-August event was no exception, as...
Archive: Vital Methodism and the fire of God
Archive: Vital Methodism and the fire of God While recently discussing the preliminary findings of a four-year study of United Methodism and American culture, the Rev. Dennis M. Campbell, dean of the Duke University Divinity School, touched upon the theme of our...
Archive: “By Water and the Spirit” Understanding Baptism
Archive: "By Water and the Spirit"—Understanding Baptism The new baptism statement needs further study before it becomes the doctrine and practice of the church. At this point in time too many questions remain unanswered. The church should avoid the disaster of 1972...
Archive: Putting an end to the Catholic bashing!
Archive: Putting an end to the Catholic bashing! My boyhood years during the 1940s were spent in a small town in southwestern Minnesota. That idyllic community had many virtues, but religious tolerance and ecumenism were not among them. The virus of anti-Catholicism...
Archive: Servant Evangelism
Archive: Servant Evangelism Opening Closed Hearts to God’s Love By Steve Sjogren To earn the right to speak words of love, we must first willingly demonstrate deeds of love to the hurting people in our cities. It was the Friday evening before Labor Day, and rush hour...
Archive: UM official reveals lesbianism; Good News responds
Archive: UM official reveals lesbianism; Good News responds The Rev. Jeanne Audrey Powers, associate general secretary of the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concern (GCCUIC), identified herself as a lesbian when she addressed the Reconciling...
