Is the Protocol Constitutional?
By Thomas Lambrecht - The Protocol for Reconciliation and Grace through Separation provides a way for amicable separation to resolve The United Methodist Church’s conflict over the authority and interpretation of Scripture, particularly related to ministry to and...
How to Have a Virtual General Conference
By Thomas Lambrecht - More concerns have been raised recently about the possibility of having a normal, in-person General Conference in August 2022. The sluggish vaccination process in Africa (I am not sure about the Philippines) means that many delegates have not...
Leadership Summit tackles church future
http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5259669&ct=9338311&tr=y&auid=8120704
Tooley reviews Hauerwas’ “Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir”
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/04/05/a-prophet-against-the-empire
Regional conferences gear up to reach out
http://www.umc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lwL4KnN1LtH&b=5259669&ct=9332455&tr=y&auid=8111364
Call to Action Leadership Summit
Call to Action Leadership Summit After more than four decades of United Methodism's membership decline, the 2008 General Conference created a committee of church leaders to study the denomination and its churches, and to propose interventions at each level of the...
Denominational Direction: Does the Call to Action lead the way?
By George G. Hunter III
My reflection on the report of the Call to Action proceeds from my convictions that United Methodism should be appropriately rooted in John Wesley’s theological vision and, as in early Methodism, our churches should be local missional movements more than conventional parishes.
British Methodists transcribe Bible by hand
By Kathleen LaCamera
In an age when a hand-written letter is an increasingly scarce commodity, British Methodists have pledged to transcribe all 66 books of the Bible by hand during the first five months of this year.
