PNW Board of Ordained Ministry will resist discriminatory GC2019 restrictions
A letter was sent earlier this month to ministerial candidates in the PNW Conference in response to the harmful actions of General Conference 2019. In reassurance, it offers "that the actions of General Conference do not and will not change our statement or our current practice..."
Bishops uphold values of mission, unity, space, contextuality in interim report on Way Forward’s...
LAKE JUNALUSKA, NORTH CAROLINA _ Placing emphasis on the values of unity, space and contextuality - all for the sake of mission – the...
Constitutional amendment to be revisited
The secretary of the General Conference just announced that an error was made in the text of proposed Constitutional amendment #1 as it was presented for voting, and which subsequently failed to pass. A new ballot is being prepared for voting by annual conferences at their next meeting; however, some conferences will not meet again until 2019.
Rule 44 Vote: Observations from a #UMCGC clergy delegate on what might have been
Thursday, May 12, 2016
By Pam Brokaw
Pacific Northwest Conference delegate and clergy member Mary Huycke said she had several emotions including disappointment when the General...
GC Delegates: What You’re In For
Journeys:
General Conference Delegates: What You're In For
By Joan Holms with Amory Peck
The year 2016 will bring us the opportunity to be more fully engaged...
GCORR sponsors briefing for delegates of color, allies
By Yvette Moore
May 11, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
About 200 delegates of color and allies gathered for a pre-General Conference orientation sponsored by the...
Rev. Craig’s Thoughts Mid-Day 5 of #GC2012
The Rev. Craig Parrish shares a light moment with the Rev. DJ del Rosario, a member of the PNW Conference who works for the...
Pacific Northwest board joins in removing LGBTQ bar
UPDATES with PNW board action
By Kathy L. Gilbert
May 6, 2015 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS)
The Pacific Northwest board of ordained ministry voted May 5 to affirm...
As New 2020 Restrictions Loom, Western Jurisdiction Bishops Pledge Safe Harbor for LGBTQ+ United...
Western bishops lead with grace, not persecution. Active United Methodist Bishops in the Western Jurisdiction announce their intention to set aside complaints against clergy accused of being gay or performing LGBTQ+ weddings; urge others to join them. #UMC4All
What do I wear to General Conference?
By Megan Kilpatrick | WJ Lay Delegate
It started with a fairly innocuous question: "What do I wear to General Conference?"
True to my Millennial roots,...
