By Clarita Anderman Krall Numbness! Disbelief! Profound disappointment! Frustration! Utter sadness! Depression! Mourning! Anger and a call to arms, figuratively speaking, to continue the quest for full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ United Methodists in their …
Conference delegates react to General Conference 2019
Nearly two weeks after The United Methodist Church’s dramatic and historic 2019 Special General Conference, which was supposed to point the denomination’s Way Forward, conversations and news stories are still full of questions and answers, opinions and updates.
General Conference is over, what happens now?
The commission did their work. A conference was held. Speeches were given. Delegates voted. Decisions were made. Now what? In the days following… Learn more…
General Conference Special Session 2019: Live video & photos
View the live video stream of the 2019 Special Session of General Conference, offered by UM Communications. View photos on UM News’s Flickr page.
UM beliefs, actions, concerns relate to special General Conference
As we prepare for the Special Session of the UMC’s General Conference, February 23-26, in St. Louis, Mo., UM News Service has been publishing an abundance of news and feature articles and commentaries to offer information and interpretation about this potentially momentous, …
2019 Special Session of the General Conference
Bishop to report on special General Conference in March Bishop Peggy Johnson will provide an initial post-General Conference 2019 report on legislation adopted and outcomes of the Way Forward proposals on Saturday, March 16 from 10 AM to noon at West Lawn UMC , 15 …
Call for Gen. Conference Special Session amended
The Council of Bishops has amended its call for the 2019 special General Conference. Under the new call, delegates to the denomination’s top lawmaking body will receive…
Court OKs other petitions for General Conference 2019
The United Methodist Church’s top court has ruled that other petitions — in addition to legislation from the Council of Bishops — may be submitted for the 2019 special session of General Conference. But the Judicial Council said only petitions …
Disharmony felt in key resolutions, relations at NEJ Conference
Reflection by The Rev. Jeffrey Raffauf: The NE Jurisdictional Conference was a unique experience for me. I understood going in the importance of this body…
Delegates share glimpses, reactions to NEJ Conference
The Eastern PA Conference sent 21 delegates to the UMC’s Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference, July 11-15, in Lancaster, Pa., determined to learn something about the art of quilting. After two days of preliminary meetings and episcopal candidates’ interviews in various rooms …