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...
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...
Lay Leaders meet in advance of General Conference
By David Reinholz
May 7-9, 2016 | Portland, Ore.
On the eve of the 2016 General Conference of the United Methodist Church, annual conference lay leaders from...
Plan UMC Revised still partly unconstitutional
By Linda Bloom
May 10, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
One of the proposed plans to re-align the structure of The United Methodist Church will need...
HIV/AIDS is limited priority for church
By Kathy L. Gilbert
May 9, 2016|PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
In a world where 37 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, a budget of $62,000 for the...
Council of Bishops Adopts Covenant of Accountability
Portland, Oregon: Meeting in Portland, Oregon, the Council of Bishops voted to adopt a “Covenant of Accountability for the Council of Bishops” and pledged...
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...
49 Scholars Call for United Methodist Fossil Fuel Divestment
Portland, OR—49 scholars, both United Methodist and teaching at United Methodist-affiliated institutions, have released an open letter to General Conference delegates, calling them to...
An Open Letter to My Parents on Queerness and Being #CalledOut
Dear Mom and Dad,
Welcome back from the mission trip, Dad. Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. While Dad was away I joined a group of over...
Bishops’ president: Believe church can change
By Heather Hahn
May 6, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
Growing up in the still racially segregated Methodist Church, young Warner Brown Jr. knew the denomination...
