Protocol on Track
As we begin a new year, I know many United Methodists are wondering, “Where do things stand regarding the protocol for separating the church? Is it still on track? Why haven’t we heard much about it lately?” The Protocol for Reconciliation and Grace through...
Progressives Launch Denomination
By Heather Hahn - A group of progressive United Methodists and other Christians launched a new denomination named the Liberation Methodist Connexion, or LMX. The new church aims to center on the voices of people of color as well as queer and transgender individuals —...
Archive: Robb responds to radical feminism, challenges bishops
Archive: Robb responds to radical feminism, challenges bishops "Council of Bishops, are you listening? We will not bow our knee to Sophia," the Rev. Edmund Robb Jr. said at the 1994 Good News "Summer Celebration " in Dallas. "We will no longer support heresy with our...
Archive: Theological crisis decried at 1994 Good News celebration
Archive: Theological crisis decried at 1994 Good News celebration Displeasure with a November ecumenical women's conference was expressed repeatedly during the three-day "Summer Celebration" sponsored by Good News, the denomination's evangelical caucus. The event was...
Archive: Straight Talk
Archive: Straight Talk News, Views, & Uproars Good News was saddened to hear of the recent death of Tom Skinner, the well-known evangelist and former chaplain of the Washington Redskins football team. At the age of 52, he died of complications related to acute...
Archive: Pannenberg: “Re-Imagining” shows churches “surrendering faith”
Archive: Pannenberg: "Re-Imagining" shows churches "surrendering faith" by Patricia Lefevere. The now-notorious "Re-Imagining" Conference that ignited so much controversy in the Presbyterian and United Methodist churches in the past six months is an example of...
Archive: Praise the Lord and Raise the Taxes
Archive: Praise the Lord and Raise the Taxes The Rise of the Religious Left By Steve Beard "I've been so criticized by the religious right community, its good to have religious people who understand what I'm trying to do." —President Bill Clinton to a group of liberal...
Archive: Why did Jesus think he had to die?
Archive: Why did Jesus think he had to die? By Michael Green At first sight this is a foolish question. If Jesus was human, then of course he had to die. But there is something very odd about the emphasis on his death in the Gospels. In any ordinary biography of a...
