U.S. Regional Conference: Defeated Idea Revisited
By Tom Lambrecht - In the aftermath of the highly contentious General Conference last February in St. Louis, many ideas have surfaced as a way to attempt to resolve the conflict dividing our church. One of these ideas is a proposal from the denomination’s Connectional...
Missionary God
By Max A. Wilkins - God is a missionary God. From the moment of creation as told in Genesis, God makes his missionary nature known. With Jesus’ earthly mission, God burst forth into creation showing his missional heart. Jesus not only modeled a missional life, he also...
Christ’s Mighty Victory
Christ’s Mighty Victory By Bishop Earl G. Hunt Jr. (191-2005) Good News Convocation 1971 Business often carried a friend of mine through the plant of a great foundry. He never missed the opportunity to study the workmen who labored there. One man, a furnace-tender,...
Archive: Jesus, Teacher and Lord
Archive: Jesus, Teacher and Lord By John R. Stott July/September 1971 I have been helped by some words Jesus spoke in the upper room just after He had washed the apostles’ feet. When he had resumed his place, he said to them: “You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are...
Methodist Heritage: Belonging to the Church in Crisis
Methodist Heritage: Belonging to the Church in Crisis By Bishop Gerald Kennedy Dallas 1970 Good News Convocation It’s a very great honor and a great delight for me to be here today. I had the privilege of writing an article the first time Good News magazine came out....
Archive: 1970 Convocation Perspectives
Archive: 1970 Convocation Perspectives TEEN-AGER Eileen Neely, Easton, Pennsylvania The Dallas Convocation can by no means be passed over lightly with a descriptive phrase or two. I believe it is one of the most important milestones ever achieved by the Christian...
Archive: Jesus Christ: Master of the Crisis
Archive: Jesus Christ: Master of the Crisis Condensed from an address by Dr. Akbar Abdul-Haqq, Associate Evangelist with Billy Graham The Lord of the Church calls us to repentance. We fail to love and serve Him above all. I would be belaboring the obvious if I were to...
Archive: Strategies for Solution of the Church Crisis
Archive: Strategies for Solution of the Church Crisis Part Two Condensed from an address by Dr. Leslie H. Woodson Chairman, Good News Board of Directors Pastor, Memorial United Methodist Church, Elizabethtown, Kentucky We must "fight on for the faith" by growing in...
