UMNS: WCA plans new denomination
By Sam Hodges -- The Wesleyan Covenant Association met in person and online April 30-May 1, continuing to plan for a new, traditionalist Methodist denomination and passing a resolution criticizing three United Methodist bishops for recent appointment-making decisions....
One Has to Wonder
By Rob Renfroe — A number of our larger, most healthy churches have recently been told that their senior pastor is being moved to another appointment, without consultation with the pastor or the congregation. One is Mt. Bethel in the North Georgia Annual Conference....
Bishop Boni’s call to prayer
Archive: Bishop Boni’s Call to Prayer By Tim Tanton When God spoke to Bishop Benjamin Boni, the leader of the Côte d’Ivoire’s United Methodists responded. It was October 2000, and violence had convulsed the country following public anger over a presidential election...
Letting Jesus build his Church
Archive: Letting Jesus build his Church By Elizabeth Glass-Turner Whether on the property of a declining, derelict United Methodist church, or in an old Winn-Dixie, Jorge Acevedo is haunted by the red letter words of Jesus’ great commission to go. Pastor of a church...
“Lord, send us the people nobody else wants”
Archive: "Lord, send us the people nobody else wants" By Elizabeth Glass Turner Jorge Acevedo never pictured himself as the lead pastor of a multi-site congregation. A self-described “pagan” before his conversion, Acevedo came from an unchurched background before...
Evangelicals respond to Mississippi controversy
Archive: Evangelicals respond to Mississippi controversy Mississippi United Methodists are still reeling from the controversial testimony of a lesbian couple during a planned worship service at the June 12 Annual Conference session. The presentation by the two women...
Speaking the truth in love
Archive: Speaking the truth in love By Rob Renfroe The Apostle John introduces us to the beautiful life of Jesus with words that are at the same time simple and profound: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Later in...
The garden of His delight
Archive: The Garden of His Delight By Liza Kittle One doesn’t often think of lush, colorful gardens when thinking of Africa. Most people think of barren lands with little vegetation, intense heat, and roaming wildlife. I think of the beautiful dresses I have seen on...
