On the Further Postponement of General Conference
By Thomas Lambrecht - Good News joins the many United Methodists who are deeply disappointed in the Commission on the General Conference’s decision to postpone/cancel the 2020 General Conference and instead hold the General Conference in May 2024. The reason given was...
Global Methodist Church Sets Official Launch Date
Global Methodist Church March 3, 2022 With humility, hope and joy, a 17 member body of theologically conservative Methodist clergy and laity, known as the Transitional Leadership Council, is pleased to announce the Global Methodist Church will officially launch on May...
South Central Jurisdiction requests declaratory ruling on Oliveto election
Meeting in Wichita, Kansas, on July 15, The South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church passed a motion requesting a declaratory ruling from the Judicial Council in response to the Western Jurisdiction’s election of an openly gay bishop. The text of that...
Council of Bishops President addresses Oliveto election results
July 15, 2016 Peoria, Ill.: Bishop Bruce R. Ough, president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops, issued the following statement regarding the results of today’s Episcopal election at the Western Jurisdictional Conference of The United Methodist Church, meeting...
Western Jurisdiction elects Karen Oliveto as bishop
The Rev. Dr. Karen Oliveto, senior minister of Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco, has been elected as a bishop by the Western Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church. She is the first openly married lesbian to be elected bishop within the...
Update: 2016 Episcopal Election Results
This week, the five U.S. jurisdictional conferences will elect a total of 15 bishops. The gatherings also will finalize the next assignments for a number of already active episcopal leaders. According to United Methodist News Service stories, the newly elected bishops...
Good News Welcomes Creation of Wesleyan Covenant Association
By Walter Fenton- "We heartily endorse the creation of the Wesleyan Covenant Association," said the Rev. Rob Renfroe, president of Good News. "Having vibrant, orthodox United Methodist churches across the connection link hands to promote the church's core teachings...
A Prayer on this Day of Shock and Heartbreak
By Ravi Zacharias As we mourn this week’s tragic events in Louisiana, Minnesota, and now Dallas, it is evident that we need God now more than ever. My prayer on this day of shock and heartbreak: God, our heavenly Father, our minds go back to the day when Jesus knelt...
