Laity Gathering: Addressing the Church’s #FAILure to Communicate
By Jesse N. Love with Jonathan Assink
Outgoing Conference Lay Leader Amory Peck welcomed laypersons to the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference during the pre-conference Laity...
New wrinkle in appointment security
The Rev. L. Fitzgerald "Gere" Reist II, secretary of the General Conference, addresses the conference in Tampa, Fla. Reist informed the Council of Bishops...
GC2012: General Conference wrap-up
Bishop Rosemarie Wenner blesses the elements for Holy Communion during opening worship at the 2012 General Conference in Tampa, Fla. A UMNS photo by...
May 4 wrap: No restructure in 2012
Bishops Thomas J. Bickerton and Jack Tuell watch the proceedings during the voting in the wrap-up session of the 2012 United Methodist General Conference...
GC2012: Conference lowers apportionments
Delegate Eradio Valverde Jr. from the Southwest Texas Annual (regional) Conference multitasks while listening to the May 4 plenary session at the 2012 United...
With no Plan UMC, GC2012 shrinks agency boards
Members of the Virginia delegation huddle to discuss possible next steps after the United Methodist Judicial Council ruled the proposed "Plan UMC" for church...
Judicial Council voids Plan UMC
The Judicial Council from 2008-12 poses for a group photo during the 2012 United Methodist General Conference in Tampa, Fla. Seated, from left: Belton...
NEWS: Text of Judicial Council Ruling on Plan UMC
JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH DECISION
IN RE: Request From The 2012 General Conference For A Declaratory Decision On The (Contitutionality Of Plan...
Judicial Council ruling invalidates change in Episcopal Fund apportionment
A decision to have each of the five U.S. jurisdictions of The United Methodist Church separately bear the cost of episcopal leadership was deemed...
Pain marks homosexuality discussion
Jo Ann Carlotto, delegate from the New England Annual (regional) Conference, wipes her eyes with a rainbow stole after General Conference delegates voted to...
