Tears of Joy at GMC General Conference
Tears of Joy at GMC General Conference - November/December 2024 - Climbing up the rough side of the mountain - I cried today. The opening worship of the convening General Conference of the Global Methodist Church [September 20] touched my core. The quality of the...
God is Enough
God is Enough: To the Convening General Conference of GMC - By Bishop Mark J. Webb - November/December 2024 - I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen! I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son...
Room for Traditionalists?
Room for Traditionalists? By Thomas Lambrecht The 2020/2024 General Conference has just concluded its ten-day run in Charlotte, North Carolina. A summary of some of the actions taken by the conference are available in last week’s Perspective, “A Tale of a New Church.”...
A Tale of a New Church
A Tale of a New Church By Thomas Lambrecht The story of the 2024 General Conference meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the story of a new church being born. Two years ago this month, the Global Methodist Church was born, and it is growing and maturing quickly....
Message from African Delegates at 2024 General Conference
Message from African Delegates at 2024 General Conference Thursday, May 2, 2024 We speak as Africans, representing the majority of African delegates and, we believe, the vast majority of United Methodists in the thirty-five annual conferences in Africa. We have loved...
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...
The Disconnection of the UM Church
The Disconnection of the UM Church A General Conference Progress Report By Thomas Lambrecht April 30, 2024 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...
