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...
Changing Colors
By B.J. Funk - Maybe some of you remember the Andy Griffith show, and if so, you likely remember Otis. Otis had a drinking problem, and whenever he had too much, he came to the Sheriff’s office, went into one of the two cells and slept it off. In fact, he came so...
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.
The Good, The Bad, and The Unfortunate
By Rob Renfroe
What we must do is point the church back to the centrality of Jesus as the only-begotten Son of God and the Savior of the World, and boldly declare the truth that God will not bless the UM Church because we have the right structures or better accountability, but only because we preach and practice the Gospel of Jesus Christ as contained in the Scriptures—for it is the power of God unto salvation (Romans 1:16), and pray that God’s Spirit will make the most of this moment.
