United Methodist Traditionalists, Centrists, Progressives & Bishops sign agreement aimed at separation
United Methodist Council of Bishops - A diverse group of representatives from United Methodist advocacy groups with contrasting views and bishops from around the world has collaborated on a proposed agreement for the separation of The United Methodist Church (UMC)...
Frequently Asked Questions United Methodist Mediation Team
How was the group which produced the Protocol formed? In the summer of 2019, Bishop John Yambasu (Sierra Leone Episcopal Area) invited five persons from three constituencies within The United Methodist Church – traditionalists, centrist, and progressives – to meet in...
Archive: The Lost Authority
Archive: The Lost Authority By Lon Woodrum, Hastings, Michigan, Contributing Editor of Good News In today’s widespread crisis of authority, none is more marked than that in the Roman Catholic Church. This is especially evidenced in the universal reaction to Pope...
Archive: What is Evangelicalism?
Archive: What is Evangelicalism? PART I By Bruce R. Shelley Condensed by permission from "Evangelicalism in America," published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan On his first Sunday in Georgia in 1735, John Wesley, the young Anglican missionary...
Archive: How Shall We Escape?
Archive: How Shall We Escape? By Buford M. McElroy, Sr., Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Camp Hall, Alabama There must be a deep realization that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is relevant in our sophisticated "tech-ronic" age. But the cost of discipleship will not...
Archive: A Local Pastor Prescribes Wesley
Archive: A Local Pastor Prescribes Wesley By John W. Evster, Pastor, United Methodist Parish, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin John Wesley preached a series of 13 sermons on "Our Lord's Sermon on the Mount." It is significant that he chose these sermons to be included among...
Archive: Reconciliation and the Bible
Archive: Reconciliation and the Bible By Leon Morris, Principal, Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia © 1969 by Christianity Today Reprinted by permission To hear some people talk you would think that the Bible was basically a book about reconciliation. They will say...
Archive: Book Reviews: Dealing with Race
Archive: Book Reviews: Dealing with Race Good News Book Forum January 1969 Reviewed by James D . McCallie White Reflections on Black Power by Charles E. Fager (Eerdman 1967-$1.65 paper back) and My Friend, The Enemy by William E. Pannel (Word Books, 1968-$3.95) ...


