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By Thomas Lambrecht June 10, 2022 In a statement issued this week, progressive and centrist leaders have withdrawn their support for the Protocol of Reconciliation and Grace through Separation.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...
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,...
Apportionments and the Viability of a Connectional Church
By Walter Fenton- Some United Methodists are pleased to pay them, others have come to loathe them, and still others have little or no idea they are contributing to them when they tithe and make gifts to their local church on Sunday morning. The "them" is...
The United Methodist Church Change in Financial Position Apportionment Funds December 31, 2016
Reclaiming Our Focus
In this short video, the Rev. Rob Renfroe, president of Good News and pastor of discipleship at The Woodlands UM Church (The Woodlands, Texas), talks about the imperative of being the church even in the midst of discord and...
Two Large UM Churches Vote to Leave Denomination
By Walter Fenton- Two large local United Methodist churches in the Mississippi Annual Conference have taken congregation wide votes to leave the denomination. Ninety six percent of the parishioners at Getwell Road UM Church in Southaven and 99 percent at The Orchard...
