Commission starts to sketch options for the way forward
The Commission on a Way Forward has started sketching models to share with the Council of Bishops as options for finding a way forward for The United Methodist Church (UMC) regarding human sexuality.
2016 GC to consider three sites for Heritage Landmarks
By Maggie Hillery
May 9, 2016 (UMNS)
The rich history of Methodism in the United States is exemplified in three sites that will go before the 2016 General Conference as...
Promised Land: Will We Step into it Faithfully?
By Rev. Dr. William D. Gibson
May 19, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
Being at the 2016 General Conference has been an emotionally exhausting experience. Because of the...
Bishop Swanson: ‘Evil is going, too.’
By Tamica Smith Jeuitt
May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
“If you are going to go, there is a shadow figure that follows you also....
If It’s to Be, It’s Up to Me
I’m Amory Peck, from Bellingham, Washington, in the United States. By the grace of God, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.
It happened four...
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,...
African bishops won’t support call for dissolution of UMC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 24, 2018
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE — Bishops in Africa have resolved not to support any proposed legislation that calls for splitting...
#UMCGC Reflection: Can the UMC Change?
By David Reinholz
May 11, 2016 | Portland, Oregon
Powerless. That’s how it can feel sometimes as a member of a large bureaucratic and hierarchical institution. We...
Rev. Craig’s Thoughts on the First Day of #gc2012
Marcus Briggs Cloud of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference addresses the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. A UMNS photo by Mike...
Rev. Craig’s Thoughts on #gc2012 – Day 2
Amory Peck addresses the 2012 General Conference in Tampa, Florida at part of the Laity Address. Photo by PNW Director of Connectional Minsitries, Rev....
