Looking for Accountability in North Katanga
By Tom Lambrecht - Last week's Perspective reported some troubling actions taken by the Board of Ordained Ministry in the West Congo Annual Conference, Central Congo Episcopal Area. Today's post reports on similar actions taken in the North Katanga Annual Conference....
Violations in Central Congo
By Thomas Lambrecht - The polarization of The United Methodist Church in the United States is now unfortunately surfacing in the part of the church located in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – one of at least 17 countries on the continent of Africa to host...
Archive: The People’s Pulpit
Archive: The People’s Pulpit Preaching is not a spectator sport. It is up to you to help your pastor preach better. By John Brokehoff In his best-selling Lake Wobegon Days Garrison Keillor describes his pastor's sermons: "He mumbles, he murmurs. It's a lot of...
Archive: At the Lord’s Table
Archive: At the Lord’s Table By George Anderson with Ruth A. Snyder This pastor found Christ through the witness of a laymen's luncheon in June when I arrived at First Avenue North and North Broadway in downtown Billings. The luncheon took place on the hotel's second...
Archive: Prison Fellowship
Archive: Prison Fellowship A Light in the Darkness By Dierdra D. Moran The prison walls that confined Chuck Colson, a former White House aid, for seven months have become a worldwide mission field for him and thousands of others. The two staff members and three...
Archive: Is Nothing Worth Dying For?
Archive: Is Nothing Worth Dying For? The transcendent is being stripped out of American culture. People are calling out, 'What can I believe in anymore?' By Charles Colson It's hard these days to pick up a newspaper without feeling a sense of betrayal. Not long ago...
Dr. Rose: Hope for Dying Churches
Dr. Rose: She has an unshakeable Hope for Dying Churches By Sara L. Anderson March/April 1989 Have a country church with waning membership, a dilapidated building and no hope? Don’t call the coroner, call Dr. Rose. While the United Methodist Church has closed...
Archive: Unpacking Charles Wesley’s “O For A Thousand Tongues”
Archive: Unpacking Charles Wesley's “O For A Thousand Tongues” By Riley B. Case March/April 1989 Good News If there were a hymn that might claim the title “The Methodist National Anthem” it would be “O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing.” For two hundred years this hymn...
