Marks of a Methodist 2: Making a Difference
Marks of a Methodist 2: Making a Difference - By Thomas Lambrecht - Two-hundred-eighty years ago, John Wesley (Methodism’s founder) wrote The Character of a Methodist to describe what he considered the essential qualities of a Methodist. I bloggedabout it in...
United Methodist Clergy Trends: Fewer, Older
United Methodist Clergy Trends: Fewer, Older - By Thomas Lambrecht - Lovett Weems of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership has released his annual report on the state of UM clergy, particularly focusing on the number of young clergy (under age 35). This has been a...
New Jersey Korean Pastor Responds
By Thomas Lambrecht - Several weeks ago, I shared the story of the Rev. James Lee, a pastor in the Greater New Jersey Annual Conference at Bethany Korean UM Church. His district superintendent notified him that Bishop John Schol was appointing him to a different, much...
Chinese-American UM leaders respond to controversial appointment maneuvers
According to a press release, the National Chinese Caucus (NCC) of the United Methodist Church urges “all parties involved in the process of appointment to maintain a spirit of peace and goodwill toward those who hold differing theological and ethical values, while...
Korean Pastors Penalized in California
By Thomas Lambrecht - Over the last two weeks, Good News has shared information about pastors of large churches in North Georgia and New Jersey where centrist-progressive bishops removed the appointments of their senior pastors without the consultation required by...
UMNS: WCA plans new denomination
By Sam Hodges -- The Wesleyan Covenant Association met in person and online April 30-May 1, continuing to plan for a new, traditionalist Methodist denomination and passing a resolution criticizing three United Methodist bishops for recent appointment-making decisions....
One Has to Wonder
By Rob Renfroe — A number of our larger, most healthy churches have recently been told that their senior pastor is being moved to another appointment, without consultation with the pastor or the congregation. One is Mt. Bethel in the North Georgia Annual Conference....
Disruption at Mt. Bethel UM Church
By Walter Fenton -- "We were taken completely by surprise,” said Lindsay Hill, chairwoman of Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church’s Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC), as she still tries to absorb Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson’s decision to move the congregation’s...
