May 12 wrap-up: Rule 44 voted down
By Joey Butler
May 11, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
After a roller coaster of “will-they-or-won’t-they” episodes usually reserved for love interests in a romantic comedy,...
Plan UMC’s fate still up to GC2016
By Heather Hahn
May 10, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
The 2016 General Conference now has the responsibility of determining what happens to three commissions that...
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...
GCFA Reports on UMData.org, 2014 Church Statistics, New Treasurers Training Event and Virtual Appointment...
Nashville, TN – The General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) is announcing that general statistical information about the church, formerly contained in the printed General...
Clergy offer support to LGBQT pastors despite GC2016 action
By Kathy L. Gilbert
May 16, 2016│PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS)
More than 1500 United Methodist clergy have signed a letter stating they would refuse to fill the...
Delegate Counts Per Annual Conference Released
Lake Junaluska, N.C.: The secretary of the General Conference, Rev. L. Fitzgerald Reist, released today a list of numbers of delegates by annual conferences....
United Methodist justice agency calls Senate immigration bill inadequate
People celebrate the Posada Without Borders at El Faro Park in Tijuana, Mexico, across the border fence from San Diego. A UMNS photo by...
GC2012: Passing the gavel
United Methodist Bishop Rosemarie Wenner of the Germany Area prepares to receive the gavel from Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster of the Charlotte (N.C.) Area...
UMNS: Illinois, Indiana United Methodists assess damages
Crossroads United Methodist Church in Washington, Ill., makes supplies available to those hit by the tornado. Photo courtesy of Crossroads United Methodist Church.
Illinois, Indiana...
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...
