Harbinger? Asbury, Jesus People, and a Timeline of Crosscurrents
Harbinger? Asbury, Jesus People, and a Timeline of Crosscurrents Hughes Auditorium at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. February 2023. Photo courtesy of Suzanne Nicholson. By Steve Beard -- After two weeks of an extraordinary spiritual stirring on the...
Streams of Living Water: Revival at Asbury
By Suzanne Nicholson -- (The Asbury University revival gives us a window into the heart of God and how the Holy Spirit works in unusual ways in the lives of his people. The following article was written almost a week ago when public services were still being held...
Billy Abraham: Staying the Course
By Maxie Dunnam The way some folks talk and write about the issues facing our upcoming special General Conference suggests they don’t know or care about how our United Methodist Church has been faithful in subjecting its teaching on homosexuality to serious...
Watershed Moments
By Maxie Dunnam In times like these, when a special General Conference within a few weeks will determine the future of my beloved United Methodist Church, I’m spending a lot of time remembering, hoping, and praying. I’ve been a minister in this church all the years it...
The Plans’ Impact on Clergy
By Thomas Lambrecht - As the special called General Conference in St. Louis is less than two weeks away, it is understandable that one group of people is experiencing perhaps the most anxiety --clergy. Clergy are on the front lines of ministry in local churches. They...
Revisions to the Modified Traditional Plan
By Thomas Lambrecht - In November, the Judicial Council declared portions of the Traditional Plan unconstitutional. Since that time, a team has been working on revisions to the Traditional Plan to bring it into compliance with Judicial Council Decision 1366. Any of...
The Plans’ Impact on Local Churches
By Thomas Lambrecht - As the upcoming General Conference considers the three plans from the Commission on a Way Forward and other proposals for resolving the conflict in our denomination, one question many want to consider is: How will this proposal affect my local...
What is the Modified Traditional Plan?
By Thomas Lambrecht - There are four comprehensive plans being considered by the special General Conference in February in an attempt to resolve the deep theological conflict within our church. Three of the plans (Traditional Plan, Connectional Conference Plan, and...
