Removal of LGBTQ prohibition is cause of rejoicing from some, sorrow for others
Removal of LGBTQ prohibition is cause of rejoicing from some By Jim Patterson May 1, 2024 | CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UM News) Randall Miller sat — looking stunned — a little removed from the impromptu celebration after delegates at General Conference swept away a decades-old...
Africans Disenfranchised at General Confernce
The Disconnection of the UM Church By Thomas Lambrecht Monday was the beginning of the second week of the postponed 2020 General Conference of the UM Church, meeting in Charlotte, NC. The tone and atmosphere of this conference is very different from previous...
Celebrating Saint Brigid’s Day
Celebrating Saint Brigid's Day By Steve Beard -- In Ireland, the first day of February is St. Brigid’s Day, as well as the ancient Celtic festival of Imbolc, marking new birth and the threshold of spring. It was recently christened as an Irish government...
How We Got Here: The History of UM Conflict (Part 2)
By Thomas Lambrecht -- In Part 1 of this series, the roots of our United Methodist conflict were examined, including what led up to the 2019 special General Conference. Part 2 covers the response to the 2019 General Conference and the events leading up to the present...
How We Got Here: The History of UM Conflict (Part 1)
By Thomas Lambrecht -- The current state of separation and disaffiliation in The United Methodist Church has roots stretching far back into Methodism’s history. Profound disagreements about theology, spirituality, and hot-button social issues have been brewing within...
The Early Growth of the Global Methodist Church
By Keith Boyette -- The process of church disaffiliation has completed its second wave, with churches disaffiliating through special sessions of their annual conferences in the fall. This piecemeal process of disaffiliation is not what we had hoped for when I joined...
“Majesty” and Jack Hayford’s Heart of Worship
By Steve Beard -- Over the last 40 years, one of the most popular and memorable modern day hymns is “Majesty, Worship His Majesty” written by Jack Hayford. Congregations from all denominations around the globe have sung it with reverence and gusto. It is included in...
E. Stanley Jones and power of God
The prolific Methodist evangelist E. Stanley Jones (1884-1973) was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963. As a missionary in India, he became a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi. Jones even wrote a biography of Gandhi – one that inspired Martin Luther King, Jr. and...
