A People of One Book
By Bishop Robert Aboagye-Mensah If the Methodist movement has any hope for continuing its vibrant global mission into the future, it must build its mission on the same foundations on which John Wesley built. On February 3, 1738, when John Wesley returned to London...
Miracles And Our Modern World
By David F. Watson Since the 1700s, it has been commonplace in Western Christianity to question, or even reject, the veracity of claims about miracles, or what theologians refer to as “special divine action.” Sometimes, God acts directly in ways that transcend the...
Wesleyan Family Reunion
By Sam Hodges- There’s no better place than a World Methodist Conference to witness the scattered seeds and deep roots of John Wesley’s approach to Christianity. Some 2,500 Wesleyan faithful, from 108 countries and 88 communions including The United Methodist Church,...
More than Humanitarians
By Elizabeth Glass-Turner- The brilliance of the World Methodist Conference is still shifting through my mind; light through a suncatcher hanging on a window. The days in Houston were color, sound, faces, laughter, weeping, worship, intensity, frustration, revelation....
Why the Wesleyan Covenant Association?
By Bill Arnold- The Wesleyan Covenant Association (WCA) is a new alliance of congregations, pastors, and laypeople, coming together to enhance and support vibrant, scriptural Christianity within United Methodism. The question for many is why? Why form the WCA? And...
The New Anti-Methodists
By Chris Ritter- There is a new movement developing about which everyone in the church should be wary. While claiming to be faithful to the church, they are starting an organization that could potentially replace it. Like modern-day Pharisees, they promote a...
We Don’t Actually Believe All That
By Walter Fenton- “How effectively can a church retain the lukewarm or uncertain if it keeps its most controversial teachings while constantly winking to say, ‘Don’t worry, we don’t actually believe all that?’” Although New York Times columnists Ross Douthat wrote the...
Lesbian Pastor Takes Involuntary Leave
By Heather Hahn- A complaint against the Rev. Cynthia Meyer, a lesbian pastor in Kansas, has ended with her taking an involuntary leave of absence at least until the conclusion of the next General Conference. The resolution, announced August 3, averts a church trial....
