Archive: Vision for Renewal Renewal In Evangelism by Barbara Brokhoff I believe that the best word to describe the future of evangelism within the United Methodist Church is promising. I love the church, and in a secular world, and an almost amoral society, she has...

Archive: Vision For Renewal Steps to the Future By Earl G. Hunt Jr. In spite of the fact that United Methodism is doing many things right, I believe, as one who loves his church deeply and sincerely, that certain changes in its present life and structure are critical...

Archive: 25 Years of Vision By James V. Heidinger II Twenty-five years ago this month, Good News magazine was born. Charles W. Keysor, a Methodist pastor in Elgin, Illinois, published the first issue of the digest-size magazine for Methodist evangelicals out of the...

Archive: Spurgeon Dunnam, 1943-91 The Rev. Spurgeon M. Dunnam III, editor and chief executive of the United Methodist Reporter, died November 25 from complications following surgery to remove blood clots from his lungs. He was 48. Mr. Dunnam had led the Dallas-based...

Archive: In Celebration of Faith & Freedom With the IRD By George Weigel In 1977, David and Linda Jessup joined the Marvin Memorial United Methodist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. As things turned out, that simple act of Christian...

Archive: One Holy Passion Restoring the Church's Business of Soul Winning by Sandy S. Kirk "Remember," said John Wesley to his young preachers, "above all else, you are to be about the business of winning souls." But what has happened to this vital business of the...