General Conference

This week, pastors across the United Methodist connection are preparing for their weekly Sunday worship services just as they do each week—except this Sunday...

Portland, Oregon: Meeting in Portland, Oregon, the Council of Bishops voted to adopt a “Covenant of Accountability for the Council of Bishops” and pledged...

By Sam Hodges May 18, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) Concerns about legislation and the future of The United Methodist Church got set aside for a...

By Heather Hahn May 13, 2016 | PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) Hannah Foust, as a United Methodist sixth-grader in Indiana, saw a video about the desperate need...

Post submitted on May 3, 2012 by Amory Peck, First Elected Lay Delegate to General Conference and Conference Lay Leader. Amory Peck, the Rev. David...

United Methodism is wading through a liminal moment according to PNW Director of Communications Patrick Scriven. "The uncertainty of liminal moments can be paralyzing," he writes, but we don't need to wait to do God's work here and now.

Updated to correct vote count on Minority Report By Pam Brokaw May 20, 2016 | Portland, Oregon While United Methodists seeking divestment from fossil fuels mounted a...

"Did we find our way forward? I think we did, just not in the way many expected or hoped," writes Inland Missional District Superintendent Gregg Sealey reflecting on the recent General Conference. Since returning home from St. Louis, he has been listening to how people here are processing the decisions made.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2016 Nashville, Tennessee: The Executive Committee of the Commission on the General Conference has narrowed the list of petitions that they...

By Kathy L. Gilbert May 11, 2016│PORTLAND, Ore. (UMNS) In a response of love and prayer, the 35 million people who have died of AIDS were...