Delegate Counts for 2020 General Conference Announced
Nashville, Tenn.: The Secretary of the General Conference announced today the number of delegates assigned to each annual conference for the 2020 General Conference...
Bishops uphold values of mission, unity, space, contextuality in interim report on Way Forward’s...
LAKE JUNALUSKA, NORTH CAROLINA _ Placing emphasis on the values of unity, space and contextuality - all for the sake of mission – the...
Just Tell Your Story
"Story telling just hasn’t made enough difference."
Amory Peck, former PNW Conference Lay Leader and delegate to a number of General Conferences, shares her story of advocating for change in The United Methodist Church and her take on the Uniting Methodist Movement. She believes their proposal to be a overreaching call for unity in the church "done on the backs of too, too many children of God."
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.
Commission on a Way Forward prepares for critical meeting in Berlin
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Commission on a Way Forward prepares for its next meeting, the moderators are asking all United Methodists to continue...
Call to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation
To All Members and Clergy of The United Methodist Church:
Grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ! This year marks a significant...
Worship and Music Director Sought for 2020 General Conference
The Commission on the General Conference is seeking a worship and music director responsible for the overall worship and music program management of The United Methodist Church’s 2020 General Conference. The denomination’s top legislative body meets May 5-15, 2020, in Minneapolis.
Where we are going: What’s next for the #UMC as we await the Judicial...
A recap of a busy week filled with news about the Judicial Council as they consider a challenge to the election of The United Methodist Church's first out lesbian bishop, updates from the Commission on a Way Forward, and Council of Bishops on General Conference 2019.
UMC Bishops Call Special Session of General Conference for 2019
Washington, D.C.: The Council of Bishops (COB) has called a Special Session of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church (UMC) to be...
Council of Bishops to call for 2019 General Conference
St. Simons Island, Ga.: Through an affirmative vote at their fall meeting this week, the United Methodist Council of Bishops expressed their intent to...
