#UMCGC delegates respond to a #BlackLivesMatter protest
Video by the Rev. David Valera | Photos by Patrick Scriven
May 16, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
In the midst of a 20 minute disruption of the...
Group proposes legislation to 2020 General Conference making room for ‘All’
ALL BELONG in the Body of Christ, proposed legislation for changes to the Book of Discipline for the 2020 United Methodist General Conference by the All Belong in the Body of Christ Writing Team
UMW Day: water and witness
By Linda Bloom
May 12, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Nearly 150 years later, members of United Methodist Women “are living out the same commitments as...
Commission on General Conference Favors Discernment Process
By Diane Degnan | United Methodist Communications
Portland, Ore.: The Commission on the General Conference gave the go-ahead for an alternative process of discernment for dealing...
#UMCGC Reflection: Taking Care of Business
By David Reinholz
May 12, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
After a morning spent discussing and ultimately rejecting Rule 44, the 2016 General Conference of The United Methodist...
When the holidays are more bitter than sweet
Commentary by Patrick Scriven
Wise ministry leaders are often cautious on holidays like Mothers Day. In any given congregation there is likely someone who has...
May 13 wrap-up: Laity Address, State of the Church Report
By Joey Butler
May 13, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
After several days where General Conference delegates were clearly divided over Robert’s Rules vs. Group Discernment...
Remembering that God is bigger than our institutions
“Love is bigger than our structures and our fraught attempts to follow the Way of Jesus.”
As she looks forward toward the 2019 General Conference in less than a month, Skylar Marston-Bihl finds herself considering the history of the denomination, and the tension that has always existed between grace and structure.
Skylar is a member of the 2019 PNW delegation to General Conference and the first-elected lay delegate for 2020.
Just Tell Your Story
"Story telling just hasn’t made enough difference."
Amory Peck, former PNW Conference Lay Leader and delegate to a number of General Conferences, shares her story of advocating for change in The United Methodist Church and her take on the Uniting Methodist Movement. She believes their proposal to be a overreaching call for unity in the church "done on the backs of too, too many children of God."
#UMCGC Reflection: The Gift of Hospitality
By Rev. C. Shane Moore
May 15, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
The other day I was asked how my experience has been so far at General Conference. I...
