GC2016: Alsted calls for humble submission
By Sam Hodges
May 12, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Bishop Christian Alsted challenged those attending General Conference 2016 to offer themselves humbly and in full...
Living in the liminal…
United Methodism is wading through a liminal moment according to PNW Director of Communications Patrick Scriven. "The uncertainty of liminal moments can be paralyzing," he writes, but we don't need to wait to do God's work here and now.
PNW delegates share their hopes for General Conference 2016
Marie Kuch-Stanovsky, Joan Holms, Megan Ernst Kilpatrick, Dave Reinholz, Amanda Tobey, the Rev. David Nieda, Austin Adkinson, Kay C. Barckley, the Rev. Monica Corsaro,...
Bishops challenge constitutionality of disaffiliation petition
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church (COB) has asked the Judicial Council for a declaratory decision as to...
Are we ready to embrace the future?
While many United Methodists long for the Church of tomorrow, are we ready for it? Patrick Scriven wrestles with this question.
Rev. Craig Parrish’s thoughts – Plan UMC Unconstitutional?
It looks like we may have won a major victory when the Judicial Council ruled Plan UMC unconstitutional. Basically, the judicial council ruled that...
United Methodist Bishops meet to discuss General Conference, elect new officers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church will meet November 3-6 at Lake Junaluska Assembly in North Carolina to...
PNW Board of Ordained Ministry releases statement on ministry candidates, sexual orientation, and gender...
By Patrick Scriven
May 6, 2016 SEATTLE, Wash.
When it met yesterday at Ronald United Methodist Church just north of Seattle, the Pacific Northwest Conference Board...
VIDEO: Reactions to the Vote to Eliminate Guaranteed Appointment
On the street interviews with the Rev. Gloria Kymn (clergy delegate), the Rev. Jeremy Smith (young adult clergy), Ken Ellis (lay delegate from Cal-Pac)...
We Make the Road by Walking Gayly Forward
"[W]e are in a battle for the soul of our denomination," writes the Rev. Zach Taylor in commentary on the PNW News Blog. Taylor shares how the church he is planting in Walla Walla responded to General Conference tumult in a way faithful to their identity.
