Coalition of Traditional Leaders Continues to Support the Protocol for Reconciliation and Grace through Separation
Over a year ago, a diverse group of United Methodist Church leaders released the Protocol for Reconciliation and Grace through Separation. Never before had leading bishops, general church officials, and leaders of advocacy groups representing centrists, progressives,...
The Case for a Virtual General Conference, Part 2
By Thomas Lambrecht - In last week’s Perspective, I outlined why an in-person General Conference in 2021 is unlikely to occur as scheduled. The virulence of the Coronavirus pandemic and the slow rollout of vaccines to the global population make a return of...
Archive: The Power of a Promise Keeper
Archive: The Power of a Promise Keeper Last summer my dad and I were back up in the nose-bleed seats of Anaheim Stadium, home of the California Angels. Throughout my childhood, my dad would often take me to the ball park to watch major-league baseball—a ritual bonding...
Archive: Confessing Movement Draws 900, Adopts Statement
Archive: Confessing Movement Draws 900, Adopts Statement By Bishop Cannon "Tonight we come before the church to insist that the central dilemma facing the United Methodist Church is our forgetfulness of central Christian teachings. United Methodist Christians do not...
Archive: Holiness for a New Millennium
Archive: Holiness for a New Millennium By John N. Oswalt "Holiness" is a word which has fallen on hard times. For most of us it is a word which does not have very positive connotations. We think of Bible-waving "Holy Rollers," or store-front churches with some such...
Archive: Holy, “Knock-em-Down” Preachers
Archive: Holy, “Knock-em-Down” Preachers By John H. Wigger In 1802, 26-year-old Jacob Young began a new Methodist preaching circuit along the Green River, a vast and growing region of central Kentucky. Knowing he could count on little help from his supervising elder...
Archive: The Devil Can’t Blast Us Out of Faith or Ministry
Archive: The Devil Can’t Blast Us Out of Faith or Ministry By Boyce Bowdon The Devil can blast us out of our building, but he can't blast us out of our faith or out of our ministry," Craig Groeschel, associate pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Oklahoma...
Archive: Lessons from the School of Intercession
Archive: Lessons from the School of Intercession By Stephen Seamands An "off-the-wall experience" opens the door to a new dimension of spiritual power and authority— The last thing I heard him say was, "Lord, let the spirit of intercession fall upon your people." What...
