Progressives and Centrists repudiate Protocol
By Thomas Lambrecht June 10, 2022 In a statement issued this week, progressive and centrist leaders have withdrawn their support for the Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation. The Protocol was negotiated by a mediation team of progressives,...
Finding an exodus
By Thomas Lambrecht June 3, 2022 For nearly the last ten years, Good News has advocated for an amicable separation in The United Methodist Church. Following the 2012 General Conference, it became apparent that the different understandings of Methodism could not...
Commission on a Way Forward press release – Meeting 2
March 2, 2017 Atlanta, Ga.: Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia this week, the Commission on a Way Forward continued to make progress towards completing the groundwork for their task, building relationships, engaging in learning, information gathering, working and worshiping...
Rescuing children in Sierra Leone
By Phileas Jusu- Mohamed Emmanuel Nabieu was 8 years old when his father was shot during a rebel attack and he was separated from his mother during the Sierra Leone civil war. After living on the streets for four months, workers from the United Methodist Child Rescue...
Q and A with Senate Chaplain Barry Black
Interview by Drew Dyck- When Senate chaplain Barry Black finished his keynote address at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 2, the normally restrained crowd of religious leaders, politicians, and visiting dignitaries jumped to their feet and cheered wildly....
Just Resolution Announced in Complaint Filed Against Bishop Julius Trimble
By Walter Fenton- On February 15, Bishop Laurie Haller of the Iowa Episcopal Area confirmed that a church trial had been averted regarding a complaint filed against Bishop Julius Trimble of the Indiana Episcopal Area. The complaint stemmed from Trimble's handling of a...
An Invitation to Endless Church Conflict
By Walter Fenton- Most United Methodists have long recognized the debate over the church's sexual ethics and its teachings on marriage has reached an impasse. However, a legal brief submitted to the UM Church's Judicial Council (its "Supreme Court") argues otherwise....
A Peek Behind the Curtain
A Peek Behind the Curtain A survey of recent books from F. Willis Johnson, Lecrae, William H. Willimon, and John Perkins By Courtney Lott 2017 “I looked, and behold, great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues,...
