GMC Convening Event to be held in Costa Rica
GMC Convening Event to be held in Costa Rica By Walter Felton (Global Methodist Church) “Prayer teams and networks all around the Global Methodist Church are daily calling on the Lord for His empowerment and presence at the church’s convening General Conference,” said...
Extending Fair Disaffiliation Options
Extending Fair Disaffiliation Options By Thomas Lambrecht The main agenda items for the Renewal and Reform Coalition at the 2024 General Conference meeting in Charlotte, NC, April 23-May 3 relate to providing new disaffiliation pathways for churches and annual...
Smelling Heaven
By B.J. Funk -- In the past few years, I have had a sweet, calming, and beautiful surprise happening in my life. I have smelled heaven. I first recognized this indescribable occurrence when I sat in the lounge chair in my living room. Suddenly, from out of nowhere...
Young Adult Methodist Connection
By Elizabeth Fink -- Would you believe me if I told you that from the age of 18 to the present, I have had at least 13 different addresses and attended eight different churches? I think it is safe to say that I had good reason to refer to myself as a nomad during my...
Africa Initiative Calls for Election of New Bishops in the Central Conferences of Africa
PRESS RELEASE 11/01/22 Africa Initiative Calls for Election of New Bishops in the Central Conferences of Africa The Judicial Council, in its Decision 1445 (May 2022), gave permission for the Council of Bishops to call jurisdictional conferences this year to...
Thinking about Abortion
By Thomas Lambrecht "As of today, I am responsible for 18,617 abortions.” Those were the words on a note handed to my friend, the Rev. Dr. Carolyn Moore, pastor of Mosaic Church in Evans, Georgia. It was from a young woman who was desperately seeking counsel. “For...
A Dunkirk Response to United Methodist Disintegration
By Scott Field By the end of May 1940, Germany’s rapid advance through north-west Europe had pushed the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), along with French and Belgian troops, back to the coast of the English Channel. Stranded on the beaches of the French port of...
Reasons for Affiliating with the Global Methodist Church
By Thomas Lambrecht As churches are disaffiliating from The United Methodist Church over theological and ethical differences with the denomination, they are considering where to affiliate next. There is a small percentage that are choosing to remain as independent...
