Reflections on the Proposed Protocol for Separation
By Timothy Tennent - Quite a stir has rippled out across the country because of reporting by Christianity Today, CNN, New York Times, among others, with headlines like this: “Methodists Agree to Split Denomination” (Christianity Today headline), “United Methodist...
Why a Mediated Negotiation?
By Keith Boyette - This year, The United Methodist Church is 52 years old. Of course, the Methodist movement, currently composed of approximately 80 distinct Methodist denominations worldwide, is much older than that. The UM Church was formed from the union of The...
Archive: Campus Chaos: God’s Opportunity
Archive: Campus Chaos: God's Opportunity A great opening for the Gospel has been created by the turmoil which seems to be tearing U.S. colleges apart these days. Are we awake or sleeping? By Dr. James Engel Professor of Marketing at Ohio State University, Campus...
Archive: What is Evangelicalism?
Archive: What is Evangelicalism? PART TWO By Bruce R. Shelley Condensed by permission from "Evangelicalism in America," published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan "One major theme runs through that type of Christianity called evangelicalism: the...
Archive: A Methodist Layman Reacts to Rudolf Bultmann
Archive: A Methodist Layman Reacts to Rudolf Bultmann By Paul H. Wright, Assistant Lay Leader, Zion United Methodist Church, Grand Forks, North Dakota The name of Rudolf Bultmann, the "demythologizer," means little to most Methodists. Nevertheless, his influence is...
Archive: Curriculum Confrontation: Louisville
Archive: Curriculum Confrontation: Louisville By Charles W. Keysor, Editor, Good News On April 14, 1969, 75 pastors met with Literature Editor Henry Bullock in Louisville, Ky. Discussion centered around a document prepared earlier by Rev. Les Woodson Pastor of...
Archive: Curriculum Confrontation: Chicago
Archive: Curriculum Confrontation: Chicago By Charles W. Keysor, Editor, Good News On April 18, 1969, a significant meeting took place at O’Hare Inn, Chicago, Ill. A delegation representing Methodism’s Wesleyan evangelicals met with the Advisory Committee of the...
Archive: The Crisis in Methodist Curriculum
Archive: The Crisis in Methodist Curriculum By Charles W. Keysor, Editor, Good News Recently a man said to his Administrative Board: "I have been a Methodist pastor for 20 years. And I have always used Methodist literature. But this new stuff is not compatible with...
