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...
The Ministry of Transformation
By Garry Ingraham- In the Gospel of John, Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly" (John 10:10). Jesus was spelling out his earthly purpose in contrast to the work of the spiritual darkness of "the thief" who comes...
Bishops consider 3 models for church future
By Heather Hahn, United Methodist News Service United Methodist bishops are exploring three possible models for how the church should handle LGBTQ inclusion. The models come to the bishops from the Commission on a Way Forward, which has the task of trying to find a...
Oliveto preaches an opening sermon before Council of Bishops
According to reporting from Heather Hahn (UMNS), United Methodist bishops find themselves “off the map” as they try to navigate a way forward through the church’s impasse over homosexuality, said Bishop Bruce R. Ough of the Dakotas-Minnesota area. “There is currently...
Judicial Council Maintains Status Quo on Church Law
By Thomas Lambrecht- The latest rulings by the Judicial Council illustrate that the impasse in our denomination over theological disagreements and the question of LGBTQ inclusion cannot be resolved by the church legal process. Church's Teaching Still Constitutional In...
Opinion: The temptations of division and unity
- By Donald W. Haynes The 21st century infighting about marriage, sexuality, and the Christian faith are obviating the relatively unrelated mistakes of the 20th century. That is the century when we lost membership and attendance inside the institutional church, and...
The Place of Conscience
By Thomas Lambrecht- That old saying from our parents, "let conscience be your guide," is foremost in the debate over ministry with LGBTQ persons. Some cannot in good conscience go against what they believe Scripture teaches about the sinfulness of same-sex practices....
