Reflection for All PNW and Alaska Clergy
Bishop Grant Hagiya addressing the General Conference during the Plenary Celebration and Challenge of the Mission and Ministry of The United Methodist Church on...
Pacific Islanders Welcome New Ministry Plan
By Elliot Wright, originally appearing on umc.org
Tampa, Florida, May 2, 2012—“Our kalia (‘canoe’) has arrived and been welcomed,” said the Rev. Sione Veikoso, hailing the...
Bishops close, reopen General Conference session
Bishops Judith Craig {left}, and Rosemarie Wenner (center) negotiate with the Rev. Amy DeLong, after dozens of demonstrators demanding a more inclusive church took...
Delegates fail to agree that they disagree on sexuality issue
By Kathy Gilbert and Tita Parham
The United Methodist Church cannot agree that it disagrees over the issue of homosexuality.
After more than an hour of...
VIDEO: Reactions to #GC2012 Action Re: Homosexuality
Rev. David Valera interviewed four delegates regarding their reaction to the recent vote(s) of General Conference on the issue of inclusive language and those...
Delegates reject divestment from companies
The Rev. We Hyun Chang, a delegate from the New England Annual (regional) Conference, holds a map of illustrating Israeli expansion into the West...
United Methodist Church Fails to Align its Words with its Actions
Article released by United Methodist Kairos Response on May 2, 2012.
Today, United Methodist Kairos Response (UMKR) did not get the decision that we had...
‘Plan UMC’ gets tentative approval
UMNS Report by Heather Hahn
By a vote of 567 to 384, the 2012 United Methodist General Conference gave tentative approval to a slightly amended version...
Twelve annual conferences to lead Imagine No Malaria
Mosquito Michael Graves explains the Imagine No Malaria campaign to the Rev. Nan Kaye-Skinner, as she enters the Tampa Convention Center for the 2012...
Judicial Council to hear episcopal fund issue
By Linda Bloom - UMNS
The Council of Bishops requested a declaratory decision from the United Methodist Judicial Council on the constitutionality of Calendar Item 479,...
