Destination with God
By Shannon Vowell I like to use Google maps on my phone. I type in the address of where I need to go, and, presto! A map appears right there in the palm of my hand, along with step-by-step instructions for getting from where I am to where I want to be. I can even...
Pilgrimage as a Spiritual Possibility
By James R. Thobaben In 1864, as the American Civil War turned toward its inevitable (and proper) conclusion, Methodists in North Carolina published The Southern Zion’s Songster. Included in the work, albeit uncredited, was “I’m a Pilgrim and I’m a Stranger,” a poem...
Clarification: Email questions
Clarification: In this space, Good News republished a widely-distributed email critique of the Wesleyan Covenant Association gathering in Chicago from a well-known denominational official in the North Central Jurisdiction. “It’s ok to forward this email to friends and...
Endorse A Statement to the Council of Bishops from Faithful United Methodists
With the election of the Rev. Karen Oliveto as a bishop of The United Methodist Church, a pastor who is married to another woman and therefore unqualified to assume the office, it is clear to most people that the church has reached a crisis point. Thousands of people...
Large, Fast Growing UM Church Decides to Withhold Apportionments
By Walter Fenton- Evangelical United Methodist Church (EUMC), one of the denomination's fastest growing large churches, has decided to withhold paying its annual conference and general church apportionments. The Greenville, Ohio, congregation reached its decision in...
Bishops Void “Non-Conformity” Resolutions
By Thomas Lambrecht When the New England Annual Conference passed a resolution at its recent gathering in defiance of the standards of the global United Methodist Church regarding ordination and homosexuality, a "question of law" was immediately requested. When an...
Complaint Dismissed Against Openly Gay Clergywoman in Iowa
By Walter Fenton- Bishop Julius Trimble has dismissed a complaint filed against a United Methodist clergywoman who announced during a plenary session of the 2016 Iowa Annual Conference, "I am a self-avowed practicing homosexual. Or in my language, I am out, queer,...
Jerry Kulah to Address at WCA Chicago Gathering
The Rev. Jerry Kulah, West Africa Central Conference Coordinator of the UMC Africa Initiative and the dean of the Gbarnga School of Theology, a United Methodist seminary in Liberia, is set to speak at the WCA launch event Friday, October 7. Jerry is an ordained United...
