Where’s the Money?
By Tom Lambrecht - Faced with the possibility of an impending split in the denomination, United Methodists are rightly worried about the financial impact of the newly proposed Protocol for Reconciliation and Grace Through Separation. Giving to the denomination's...
It’s Time to Move On
By Rob Renfroe - It’s time. General Conference 2020 will convene in just over four months. It’s time for a definitive solution to our differences over the authority of Scripture, marriage, and sexual ethics. It’s time for General Conference to admit we can no longer...
The Portland General Conference: The Second Week
Archive: The Portland General Conference: The Second Week By the time delegates were seated and the General Conference began its business session Monday morning, 170 items had been cleared through the various legislative committees and were waiting final action. With...
The Church Beautiful
The Church Beautiful Condensed from an address delivered at the 1975 Good News Convocation by Paul Morell, Pastor, Tyler Street United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas Chairman of the Good News Board, 1974-75 I have some particular ideas that I want to share with you...
Mister Methodist of the 19th Century
Mister Methodist of the 19th Century By Eddie Robb, Student, Perkins Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX Contributing Editor, Good News In the fall of 1818, Peter Cartwright was invited by one of the prominent Presbyterian pastors of Nashville to preach in his church on...
Archive: On Resurrection from the Dead
Archive: On Resurrection from the Dead “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.” I Corinthians 15:20 This message was originally published by Benjamin Calamy, D.D., Vicar of St. Lawrence, Jewry, London, In...
Father Otterbein III – The Gentle Revolutionary
Father Otterbein - The Gentle Revolutionary Part III by Sondra O'Neale Otterbein was 26 years old when he took his first pastorate at Lancaster, PA. The congregation was difficult, having been without a pastor for a year and a half. But there was one family of...
The Future of The United Methodist Church
The Future of The United Methodist Church 1976 by Rev. Michael Walker Pastor, Salem-Kinser United Methodist Church, Greenville, Texas The question of the future of the United Methodist Church is important to each of us. We have invested our lives in its life and work;...
