New Bishops Elected
From United Methodist News In November, United Methodists in the United States elected 13 new bishops during their gatherings around the denomination’s five U.S. jurisdictional conferences. Jurisdictional leaders recommended electing 14 new bishops; however, the...
Extrapolating a New UM Direction
By Thomas Lambrecht -- With the recent election of 13 new bishops, the active Council of Bishops will be made up of one-third new members on January 1, 2023. As such, they will play a powerful role in setting the direction of The United Methodist Church into the...
The Next Generation
By Sarah Parham - We have all read the reports, the gloomy news that young people are leaving the church in masses. A Fuller Youth Institute study shows that roughly 50 percent of young people who grow up in the church leave the church behind, along with the piles of...
Our Leadership Crisis
By Eduard Khegay, United Methodist Bishop of the Eurasia Episcopal Area - Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948), Russian religious philosopher, wrote in the beginning of the twentieth century that Russian thinking cannot be Eastern or Western. He argued that both of these...
Archaeologist, Mama, Defender of the Faith
By Elizabeth Glass Turner - The petite, deeply tanned woman you might find at a local coffee shop or watching her daughter’s figure skating practice has an unassuming air and wry sense of humor that leans towards the self-deprecating. Behind the quiet presence lies a...
Now is the Time for Celebration
By Rebekah Clapp - “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s...
Caring for the World
By Ruth Burgner - This January I read a report by Open Doors about countries where Christian persecution is most severe. It is heartbreaking data, representing massive injustice and suffering. Like other such reports, this one should have kicked off a whole...
A Different Kind of Answered Prayer
By B.J. Funk - I thought my life would turn out one way, but it turned out another. The big dreams I had never materialized. My life didn’t turn out as I thought it would. It turned out better. I prayed for a godly husband, but then this husband brought pain,...
