Man takes evangelism on the road to GC2016
By Heather Hahn
May 9, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore.
Most United Methodists who traveled to the 2016 General Conference got here by plane.Randy Neal made the...
Prayers, paper lanterns at climate vigil
SLIDESHOW: Click here for photos from the GC Climate Vigil!
By Linda Bloom
May 13, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
In South Pacific island nations like Tonga, children...
#UMCGC Reflection: We need variety in voices for the next quadrenium
By Megan Kilpatrick
May 18, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
It seems like there are babies everywhere at GC. There actually are only a handful of small...
A PNW delegate’s perspective on the election of Bishop Karen Oliveto
By Megan Kilpatrick | Western Jurisdictional Conference Delegate
Friends in Christ,
There has been a lot said about what happened at our Jurisdictional Conference this last...
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...
Committee upholds plan for 5 new African bishops in 2020
By Elliott Wright
May 10, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Despite pressure to speed up the process, a standing legislative committee of The United Methodist Church...
29 new missionaries commissioned at General Conference
By Elliott Wright
May 19, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
“We commission you to take the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ into all the world.”...
At GC2016, Rule 44 still a question mark
UPDATES with Rule 44 still a question
By Heather Hahn
May 11, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Whether General Conference delegates adopt a new way of dealing...
Traveling mercies for UMC young people visiting the Philippines #gypc14
Amy Pazan, Jesse Love, Amanda Tobey, and Teri Tobey will attend the Global Young People's Convo in Tagaytay, Philippines.
Traveling mercies for UMC young people...
An Immigration Vigil at #UMCGC
Article by Pam Brokaw | Video by Rev. David Valera
May 13, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore.
United Methodists were encouraged by Los Angeles Area Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño to...
