Let’s Discover What’s Next Together
Let's Discover What's Next Together - By Jim Ramsay - In 1985, Good News magazine posed a critical question on its cover: “Which Way to the Future?” Photographed against the backdrop of Atlanta’s iconic “spaghetti junction,” two men, Revs. H.T. Maclin and Virgil...
GMC Launches in Costa Rica
GMC Launches in Costa Rica - By Steve Beard - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 - Worldwide Methodism has been dramatically overhauled during the last few years. Thousands of local congregations disaffiliated from The United Methodist Church prior to the 2024 UMC General...
Room for Fairness in Charlotte
Room for Fairness in Charlotte By Rob Renfroe I believe most United Methodists are good, decent people. That may sound strange coming from one who has passionately argued that orthodox Christians would do well to leave The United Methodist Church. But my problem with...
African Regionalization Support Not Unanimous
African Regionalization Support Not Unanimous By Forbes Matonga (This week, UM News ran two commentaries from United Methodists from Africa dealing with pivotal issues that will be before the upcoming General Conference in Charlotte. We encourage United Methodists to...
Why We Will Be in Charlotte
Why We Will Be in Charlotte By Thomas Lambrecht Two recent stories from United Methodist News deserve a response. The first was a news article about the announced intention of Good News and the Wesleyan Covenant Association (WCA) to participate in the upcoming General...
Unpacking Disaffiliation
Unpacking Disaffiliation By Thomas Lambrecht By my count, as of December 31, 2023, 7,651 churches have disaffiliated from The United Methodist Church in the U.S. since 2019. This represents 25.8 percent of the number of churches that were listed by the denomination in...
The UM Church Adjusts to Fewer Bishops
The UM Church Adjusts to Fewer Bishops By Thomas Lambrecht In the aftermath of losing one-fourth of its congregations and members in the U.S., The United Methodist Church anticipates a number of adjustments to its ministry and structure. For example, UM News...
Love and Lent
Love and Lent By Shannon Vowell A strange day today. Much of the Christian world will begin a season of fasting and prayer by receiving ashes and the somber injunction to “remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Simultaneously, much of the secular world...
