The UMC’s Judicial Council will decide soon if it can rule on the constitutionality of legislation for denominational separation. It will also revisit concerns over voting at the 2019 General Conference. Learn more…
Centrists, progressives discuss church’s future
See new information added to the end of this story (April 22, 2018). Some Eastern PA members endorse new statement Unhappy with the results of General Conference 2019, about 600 centrist and progressive United Methodists from across the United States …
Musing a Methodist Mulligan: Reflections on General Conference 2019
by David E. Woolverton I’ve been a church pastor for over thirty years; consequently, there’s still a lot that I have to learn. Yet, there’s one thing I do know: Church conflict makes good people do stupid things. Why? In …
Musings after 2019 Special Session of General Conference
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.
Books Related to the UMC Way Forward
Entangled: A History of American Methodism, Politics, and Sexuality by Ashley Boggan Dreff Disagreements in The United Methodist Church about human sexuality extend as far back as the birth-control movement of the 1920s, writes Ashley Boggan Dreff in “Entangled: A History …
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…
GC2019 maps uncertain way forward
After four days of prayers, speeches, protests and votes at General Conference, it remains to be seen whether The United Methodist Church has found a way forward or remains stuck. Read more…
GC2019 OKs Traditional Plan that’s now in the judges’ hands
With the arching drama of the Special Session of General Conference 2019 now ended, the drama moves into the Judicial Council’s arena. The council will consider ruling on the approved Traditional Plan at its April meeting. While the U.S. government …
UM delegates push Traditional Plan forward for a vote
By John W. Coleman The United Methodist Church’s 2019 General Conference Special Session, meeting Feb. 23-26 in St. Louis, Mo., finalizes its debates and decision-making Tuesday, in efforts to end the church’s impasse over whether to sanction or more forcefully …
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