The Spring 2019 issue of NEWSpirit is now online for all to read and share. Our 24 pages are full of news, plus 2018 church giving and capital campaign totals.
Annual Conference resolutions address changes ahead
The 2019 Eastern PA Annual Conference (AC2019), meeting June 13-15, will consider 19 legislative resolutions for debate and votes among its membership…
New disaffiliation-related resolutions added for AC2019
Two new Annual Conference resolutions submitted by two conference boards have been added to make a total of 19. They relate to the new church disaffiliation rules passed by The United Methodist Church’s Special Session of General Conference in February …
See our delegate nominees for GC2020
View and read about the 27 clergy and lay Eastern PA Conference members nominated for General Conference 2020. We’ll vote on them at AC2019.
What did the Judicial Council decide?
Rather than rule on the 2019 UMC’s General Conference’s Traditional
Plan as a whole, the Judicial Council decided to rule instead on the
constitutionality of each of its petitions. Learn more…
UMC top court OKs part of Traditional Plan, church exit plan
The United Methodist Church Judicial Council, meeting April 23-26, ended churchwide suspense as it ruled on controversial legislation passed…
Top court meets in aftermath of GC2019
The UMC’s Judicial Council will review this week, April 23-26, controversial legislation passed by the special General Conference 2019. Its rulings will be posted on its website. Read more…
Registration for Annual Conference is open!
Annual Conference 2019, June 13-15, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA.
200 years: missions agency honors past, envisions future
The UMC’s Board of Global Ministries celebrates its bicentennial in Atlanta, marking its first mission work among Native Americans… Read more
Bishop White: Strong convictions, gentle touch
As a fierce advocate for peace and justice, Bishop C. Dale White tackled some of the big issues of recent decades — nuclear disarmament, environmental concerns and Middle East peace. But those strong convictions were balanced by a gentle and …