Removal of LGBTQ prohibition is cause of rejoicing from some, sorrow for others
Removal of LGBTQ prohibition is cause of rejoicing from some By Jim Patterson May 1, 2024 | CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UM News) Randall Miller sat — looking stunned — a little removed from the impromptu celebration after delegates at General Conference swept away a decades-old...
Africans Disenfranchised at General Confernce
The Disconnection of the UM Church By Thomas Lambrecht Monday was the beginning of the second week of the postponed 2020 General Conference of the UM Church, meeting in Charlotte, NC. The tone and atmosphere of this conference is very different from previous...
“Majesty” and Jack Hayford’s Heart of Worship
By Steve Beard -- Over the last 40 years, one of the most popular and memorable modern day hymns is “Majesty, Worship His Majesty” written by Jack Hayford. Congregations from all denominations around the globe have sung it with reverence and gusto. It is included in...
E. Stanley Jones and power of God
The prolific Methodist evangelist E. Stanley Jones (1884-1973) was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1963. As a missionary in India, he became a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi. Jones even wrote a biography of Gandhi – one that inspired Martin Luther King, Jr. and...
Distrust Locks Down North Georgia Conference
By Rob Renfroe -- On December 28, 2022, the exiting bishop of the North Georgia Annual Conference and her appointive cabinet sent a very clear message to the churches, pastors, and laypersons of that conference. The message was: We don’t trust you. I initially chose...
Bishop Scott Jones Joins Global Methodist Church
By Walter Fenton, Global Methodist Church -- United Methodist Bishop Scott Jameson Jones, the former leader of the UM Church’s Great Plains and Houston Episcopal Areas, has resigned from the episcopacy of the church and withdrawn from the denomination. Jones was...
The Time is Now
By Rob Renfroe -- Over the last few months I have had the privilege of speaking to more than a dozen churches and conferences in six different states and once to brothers and sisters in Europe, the Middle East, and the Philippines via social media. What I enjoy most...
North Georgia Blocks Church Disaffiliation
By Thomas Lambrecht -- In a provocative, year-end proclamation as she was walking out the door to her new assignment in Virginia, Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson defiantly led the North Georgia Conference to stop all local church disaffiliations. The “pause” announced by...
